There is hereby created the Paris-Lamar County board of health. The board shall consist of seven (7) members, resident citizens of the county, who shall have resided in the county for a period of more than three (3) years next preceding the time of their appointment. All of such members shall be appointed by the joint action of the commissioner’s court and the city council. Three (3) of the members shall be legally qualified, licensed, and practicing physicians, and shall be approved by the medical society of the county; one (1) of the members shall be a qualified, licensed, and practicing dentist, and shall be approved by the dental society of the county. Such board shall have such powers and duties as are prescribed to it by the laws of the state and ordinances of the city.
(1988 Code, sec. 17-1)
(a) 
Appointment and qualifications of director.
The director of the Paris-Lamar County health district shall be appointed in accord with state law. He shall be a physician duly licensed to practice in this state and county, and shall be qualified under the minimum qualifications for directors, as established by the state board of health.
(b) 
Powers and duties of director.
(1) 
The director of the Paris-Lamar County health district shall be in complete charge of the activities of such district and shall direct its personnel. He shall have authority to employ, discharge, and transfer any and all personnel under his direction as provided in the merit system rule of the department of state health services.
(2) 
The director of the Paris-Lamar County health district shall administer and enforce all ordinances of the city pertaining directly to health and sanitation, all laws of the state pertaining thereto, and all rules and regulations of the state board of health made in accordance with the provisions of state law.
(3) 
The director of the Paris-Lamar County health district shall be responsible to the city manager, the county judge and the department of state health services. He shall make monthly reports to the Paris-Lamar County board of health, the city manager, the county judge, and the state health officer.
(c) 
Merit system for personnel.
All personnel employed by the Paris-Lamar County health district shall have at least the minimum qualifications as established by the department of state health services and shall be in compliance with the city employee classification system.
(1970 Code, secs. 15-2–15-4; 1988 Code, secs. 17-2–17-4)
(a) 
The city clerk shall be the local registrar of vital statistics for the city. Each local registrar shall appoint a deputy registrar so that a registrar will be available at all times for the registration of births and deaths.
(b) 
The local registrar of vital statistics shall perform the duties of that office as provided for by city ordinance and state law and by such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the state board of health as provided by law.
(c) 
The clerk, or such other competent employee as the city clerk may designate, shall perform the clerical work required of the local registrar of vital statistics. The clerk or other employee performing such duties shall be a notary public for the purpose of acknowledgment of signatures, certification of documents and the administration of oaths necessary in the performance of official duties.
(d) 
The local registrar of vital statistics shall be supplied with permanent record books, in a form approved by the state registrar, for recording all births, deaths and stillbirths occurring within the city. The registrar shall make a complete and accurate copy of each birth, death and stillbirth certificate registered by her or the deputy registrar, in a record book referred to above, which shall be preserved permanently in her office as the official record of the city, in such manner as directed by the state registrar.
(e) 
No fee shall be paid to the local registrar of vital statistics for registering and recording certificates of birth, death and stillbirth.
(f) 
The registrar of vital statistics is authorized and directed to furnish, upon request, to any qualified applicant, a certified copy of a death certificate, recorded as provided in this section, for which a fee will be charged as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code. The fee for a certified copy of a birth record and the fee for a wallet-sized certification of birth shall be as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code. Such certified copy shall be issued in only such form as approved by the department of state health services, and receipts shall be made by the registrar and issued to the applicant upon receipt of forms furnished and provided by the city. When a search of birth or death records is requested, a search fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be charged.
(g) 
The local registrar of vital statistics shall issue free of cost, to any veteran of the armed services of the United States, his widow, orphan or other dependent, a certified copy of any record not otherwise prohibited by law, when such record is to be used in the settlement of a claim against the government.
(1970 Code, sec. 15-5; Ordinance 2009, secs. 1, 2, adopted 3/8/71; Ordinance 2269, sec. 1, adopted 12/8/75; Ordinance 91-011, sec. 1, adopted 4/8/91; Ordinance 91-052, sec. 1, adopted 10/14/91; Ordinance 92-041, sec. 1, adopted 9/14/92; Ordinance 92-045, sec. 1, adopted 9/24/92; Ordinance 95-033, sec. 1, adopted 8/14/95; Ordinance 99-053, sec. 1, adopted 7/12/99; Ordinance 2003-046, sec. 2, adopted 10/13/03; Ordinance 2005-068, sec. 1, adopted 12/12/05; 1988 Code, sec. 17-5; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
(a) 
Created.
It is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a hospital authority to be comprised of the territory included within boundaries of the city, and such hospital authority is hereby created and the same shall be a body politic and corporate under the name of “Paris Hospital Authority,” which is hereby designated as the name by which such hospital authority shall be known.
(b) 
Board of directors.
The hospital authority created by this section shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of seven (7) members. Each of such directors shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Each of the directors shall qualify by executing the oath of office required of appointed officials of the state.
(c) 
Authority.
In accordance with the provisions of this section, the hospital authority created by this section is authorized to transact business and exercise its power pursuant to the Hospital Authority Act of the state (V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, sec. 262.001 et seq.) from and after the first day of April, 1977.
(1970 Code, secs. 2-81–2-83; Ordinance 2320, secs. 1–3, adopted 3/14/77; 1988 Code, secs. 2-136–2-138)
A fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code shall be charged by the county sanitarian for the inspection of septic systems and other similar sanitation systems located within the city limits.
(Ordinance 2005-005, sec. 2, adopted 1/24/05; 1988 Code, sec. 17-6; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)