Part 3 — Communicable Diseases and Public Health Emergencies
47 Warrant for examination
believe that a person
(a) is infected with a disease prescribed in the regulations for
the purpose of this section, and
(b) refuses or neglects
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(i) to submit
(A) to a medical examination for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the person is infected with the
disease, or
(B) to medical, surgical or other remedial treatment that
has been prescribed by a physician and that is
necessary to render the person non-infectious, or
(ii) to comply with any other conditions that have been
prescribed by a physician as being necessary to mitigate
the disease or limit its spread to others,
may bring an information under oath before a judge of the Court of
Justice.
(2) Where an information is brought before a judge of the Court of
Justice under subsection (1) and the judge is satisfied that the
person with respect to whom the information is brought should be
examined in the interests of the person's own health or the health
of others and that the examination cannot reasonably be arranged in
any other way, the judge may issue a warrant in the prescribed
form to apprehend that person for the purpose of the examination.
(3) A warrant under this section may be directed to any peace
officer and shall name or otherwise describe the person with
respect to whom the warrant is issued.
(4) Where a peace officer apprehends a person pursuant to a
warrant under this section, the person is deemed to be a person in
respect of whom a certificate has been issued under section 39.
RSA 2000 cP-37 s47;2008 c32 s26;AR 75/2023