[R.O. 2012 §130.020; Ord. No. 2594 §§1 — 2(A), 7-10-2000]
There is created a Board of Health, to be composed of one (1)
physician and one (1) member of the Board of Aldermen, to be selected
by the Board of Aldermen, who shall hold office for a term of one
(1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified, and
the Mayor, who shall be Ex Officio Chairman of the Board. In case
of vacancy in the Board of Health, the vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2012 §130.030; Ord. No. 2594 §§1 — 2(A), 7-10-2000]
The Board of Health shall have the power to adopt rules and
regulations for it government not in conflict with law or ordinance.
It shall exercise a general supervision over the health of the City.
It shall cause the Police Chief to enter any private enclosure and
examine any cellars, drains, privies, stables, gutters, sinks or ponds
which may, in the opinion of the Board, be dangerous to public health,
and such officers shall make a report thereon. It shall have the power
to declare and abate nuisances as hereinafter set forth. It shall
have control of any quarantine which may be established, and may,
whenever in its judgment the dictates of humanity require, relieve
the necessities of destitute sick persons who may be found within
the City, by causing such persons to receive proper medical treatment
and nursing, the cost thereof to be paid by the City.
[R.O. 2012 §130.040; Ord. No. 2594 §§1 — 2(A), 7-10-2000]
The Board of Health shall have power, if it deems it necessary,
to placard any house within the City in which any person is sick with
a contagious disease, and shall, when necessary, remove and isolate
such persons as have been exposed to such disease and shall require
a thorough and proper disinfection of all buildings or other places
in which infection may exist. Any violation of this Chapter or any
rule or requirement of the Board of Health shall be deemed an ordinance
violation.
[R.O. 2012 §130.050; Ord. No. 2594 §§1 — 2(A), 7-10-2000]
It shall be the duty of every practicing physician in the City
to report to the Board of Health every case of contagious disease
within the City limits, or within five (5) miles thereof, that he
or she may be called on to attend.
