There is hereby created the office of health authority of the
city, who shall be appointed by the city council. The health authority,
after appointment, shall take and subscribe to the official oath,
and shall file a copy of such oath and a copy of his appointment with
the state board of health.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.01)
The health authority shall be a competent physician, legally
qualified to practice medicine in the state, and shall have a reputable
professional standing and be a resident of the county.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.02)
(a)
The
health authority shall be fully responsible to the city council in
any matters affecting the public health and the prevention and containment
of contagious diseases. He shall make reports to the state board of
health as required by state law and discharge and perform his duties
under the direction, rules, regulations, and requirements of the state
board of health.
(b)
The
health authority is hereby constituted a peace officer, and shall
have power to arrest persons violating any of the provisions of this
Code of Ordinances which pertain to regulations for public health
purposes or the sanitary regulations of the state.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.03)
The health authority and any inspectors acting under his supervision
are hereby empowered to enter into, examine, investigate, inspect
and view all grounds, public buildings, slaughterhouses, packing houses,
dairies, bakeries, manufactories, hotels, food service establishments,
food processing establishments and all other premises where they may
deem it proper and necessary in the prosecution of their duties to
enter for the discovering and suppression of diseases and the enforcement
of the regulations and ordinances of the city and the sanitary regulations
of the state.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.04)
The health authority shall have charge of and superintend the
administration of all matters pertaining to quarantine within the
city with full authority to declare and enforce quarantine as provided
in this article and the sanitary regulations of the state.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.05)
The health authority is empowered to administer oaths, summon
witnesses and [require] attendance in all matters proper for him to
investigate, such as investigation of public water supplies, sanitary
conditions within the city, the existence of contagious and infectious
diseases and all matters coming under the scope of the authority invested
in him by this article and the sanitary regulations of the state.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 9.06)
