Section 15771 - Reports of individuals applying for treatment of disease(a) General rule.--Each county of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class shall make a record of all personal and statistical particulars related to the inmates in the county's institutions, as directed by the Department of Health, for statistical purposes.(b) Future admissions.--The county shall make a record for all future inmates at the time of the inmate's admission.(c)Requirement.--For a dependent admitted or committed for medical treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify in the record the nature of the disease and where, in the physician's opinion, the disease was contracted.(d) Acquisition of information.--The information required by this section shall be obtained from the individual dependent, if it is practicable to do so. If the information cannot be obtained from the dependent, the information shall be secured in as complete a manner as possible from the relatives, friends or other persons acquainted with the facts of the disease.Added by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 14,§ 4, eff. 7/8/2024.