Borough of Freedom, PA Chapter 19 Health, Board of

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Freedom at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 19-1 Enforcement of regulations.

The administration of the health laws and ordinances in the borough shall be enforced by a Board of Health and/or a Health Officer.

§ 19-2 Establishment; members; terms.

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.

§ 19-3 Powers and duties.

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.

§ 19-4 Secretary.

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.

§ 19-5 Health Officer.

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.