Title 11 — HEALTH AND SAFETY›Division 4 — UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS›Chapter 11.88 — MISCELLANEOUS
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part I Responsibility for Communicable Disease Control
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part I · Text as of 2026-10-04
The Chiefs of Acute Communicable Disease, Tuberculosis and Venereal Disease Control are responsible for the control of communicable disease in the County of Los Angeles and the setting of policy which regulates these controls.
The District Health Officer is responsible for the control of communicable disease in his jurisdiction. The term "District Health Officer" used in this manual means any physician authorized to act in that capacity. The District Health Officer may call upon any employee for necessary communicable disease control. He, or his representative, investigates cases or suspected cases of communicable disease within the time frame indicated in Part IV of this manual under the specific disease.
The Chief of Public Health Investigation is responsible for certain legal areas of communicable disease control.
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