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New Orleans City Code ch. 82, art. V
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New Orleans City Code § 82-226 Examination; penalty for failure to take.

Sec. 82-226. - Examination; penalty for failure to take. (a) Any person to be committed to the house of detention or the parish prison as a result of a sentence of the municipal courts shall be obliged, when so directed by the court, to submit to have a chest X-ray made by the department of health, at no expense to the prisoner sentenced, for the purpose of determining whether or not they have the communicable disease of tuberculosis. (b) Refusal to so submit to such X-ray shall constitute an offense, and upon proof thereof, shall subject the offender to punishment by the payment of a fine of up to $100.00 or imprisoned not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. (Code 1956, § 29-83)

New Orleans City Code § 82-227 Request for parole to tubercular hospital.

Sec. 82-227. - Request for parole to tubercular hospital. (a) A person infected with tuberculosis sentenced to the house of detention or the parish prison by a municipal judge for violation of a city ordinance may voluntarily request in writing that he be paroled for the purpose of being transferred to a recognized tubercular hospital for treatment therein and receive credit toward the serving of such sentence while in such tubercular institution. (b) This request must be acted upon and approved by the sentencing judge, by an official of the tubercular hospital receiving the applicant, and official of the house of detention or the parish prison to which the applicant may have been committed. (Code 1956, § 29-84)

New Orleans City Code § 82-228 Credit towards sentence; revocation of parole; termination of treatment by hospital.

Sec. 82-228. - Credit towards sentence; revocation of parole; termination of treatment by hospital. The applicant for transfer to a tubercular hospital shall be given one day credit toward the service of such sentence for each day spent in the tubercular hospital. The applicant must abide by the rules and regulations of such hospital. His parole to such hospital will be revoked upon his violation of any rule or regulation of such hospital or, if for any other reason the hospital no longer desires to treat the applicant, an official of such institution may surrender the applicant to the house of detention or parish prison, whichever has the commitment, in order that he may serve the balance of his sentence. (Code 1956, § 29-85)

New Orleans City Code § 82-229 Leaving tubercular hospital without authority.

Sec. 82-229. - Leaving tubercular hospital without authority. Should the applicant for transfer to a tubercular hospital leave such tubercular institution without permission from proper authority before he has remained therein sufficiently long to earn full credit for time served on his sentence, applicant shall be guilty of escape, and upon the sworn affidavit of a person with knowledge of these facts, the applicant will be charged with escape. A warrant for his arrest shall issue by a judge of the municipal courts, and upon his apprehension and arrest, he shall be tried in the manner and form prescribed by law, and if found guilty, sentenced in accordance with existing law. (Code 1956, § 29-86)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH82HESA_ARTVTUFetched: 10/28/2026

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