[Ord. No. 96-24 §1, 2-27-1996; Ord. No. 15-122 §5, 12-21-2015]
The Department of Public Health is hereby established. The Department
is assigned all of the functions, powers and duties of the former
Department of Community Health and the Environment, which are set
forth more specifically below.
[Ord. No. 96-24 §2, 2-27-1996]
The Department shall be headed by a director who shall be exempted
from the Merit System pursuant to the St. Charles County Charter,
Section 7.300 (1992).
[Ord. No. 96-24 §§3—5, 2-27-1996; Ord. No. 15-122 §5, 12-21-2015]
A. The Department of Public Health shall include the following positions:
1.
Assistant Director of the Department of Public Health, who shall
also function as the Director of the Division of Health Services;
2.
Director of the Division of Humane Services; and
3.
Director of the Division of Environmental Services.
[Ord. No. 96-24 §§6—7, 2-27-1996]
A. Pursuant
to Section 2.503 and Section 4.1503 of the St. Charles County Charter,
the County Executive shall appoint the Director of Public Health,
subject to approval by the County Council.
[Ord. No. 15-122 §5, 12-21-2015]
B. In
the case of a vacancy in the office of Director, the vacancy shall
be filled in the same manner as an appointment is made. However, the
County Executive, pursuant to the St. Charles County Charter, Section
3.603 (1992) may appoint an acting director who shall serve for a
period until a new director is appointed.
[Ord. No. 96-24 §8, 2-27-1996; Ord. No. 15-122 §5, 12-21-2015]
A. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall be responsible
for determining the public health, humane and environmental needs
of St. Charles County.
B. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall be responsible
for the assessment of the public health needs of St. Charles County,
the compilation of data concerning the health status of the County,
establishing a plan for the delivery of public health services, including
but not limited to communicable disease control, health education,
restaurant inspections, immunizations and facilitating and coordinating
public health resources available within the County.
C. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall be responsible
for the operation of all humane services functions in the County,
including the custody and control of dangerous animals at large in
the unincorporated areas of the County, the enforcement of the rabies
and registration laws, the provision for kenneling of animals while
in custody and other related functions.
D. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall be responsible
for recycling coordination, resource recovery, and implementation
of the County's solid waste management plan.
E. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall be responsible
for the administration of the Department and shall possess all other
powers previously vested by order or ordinance in the former, and
now abolished, Departments of Humane and Environmental Services and
County Health.