The administration of the health laws and ordinances in the borough
shall be enforced by a Board of Health and/or a Health Officer.
A Board of Health is hereby established in and for the borough. It shall
be composed of five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be a practicing physician
for at least two (2) years. The members of the Board shall be appointed by
the Borough Council for a term of five (5) years, staggered in such a way
that the term of one (1) member shall expire at the end of each year. The
aforesaid appointments for a specified term notwithstanding, a Board member
may stay in office until a successor qualifies or is appointed, or the Borough
Council may remove any member of the Board, at the pleasure of the Borough
Council. The members of the Board of Health shall serve without compensation.
They shall severally take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by
law and shall annually organize by electing a President who must be, and a
Secretary who need not be, a member of the Board. Members of the Board of
Health need not give bond in order to assume office.
The Board of Health shall have the power and its duty shall be to supervise
the enforcement of the health laws of the commonwealth as well as regulations
of the State Department of Health and all health ordinances adopted by the
Borough Council in accordance with law. In addition, the Board of Health shall
function as a Board of Appeals for all appeals of the decisions of the Health
Officer taken under the health ordinances of the borough.
The Secretary of the Board of Health shall perform the duties required
by law and shall receive such compensation as may be provided from time to
time by the Board of Health, subject to the appropriations of the Borough
Council.
The Board of Health, with the approval of Borough Council, shall appoint
a Health Officer who shall have been certified by the State Department of
Health in accordance with the regulations of the Department (28 Pa. Code § 11.1).
Such Health Officer shall have the power and perform the duties provided by
the applicable law. All official actions shall be performed in the name and
under the signature of the Health Officer.