[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Media 12-18-1969 by Art. I of Ord. No. 568. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A person:
Who harbors the pathogenic organisms of a communicable
disease but who does not show clinical evidence of the disease or
who has not shown such evidence for a specified period of time;
To whom epidemiological evidence points as the
source of one or more cases, but who refuses to submit specimens of
his bodily discharges to the Board of Health[1] for examination; or
Who is reported to the Board of Health as being
a carrier by the health authorities of any other municipality.
An illness due to an infectious agent or its toxic products
which is transmitted, directly or indirectly, to a well person from
an infected person, animal or arthropod or through the agency of an
intermediate host, vector or the inanimate environment.
The time or times during which the etiologic agent may be
transferred directly or indirectly from an infected person to another
person or from an infected animal to man.
A person or animal known to have been in such association
with an infected person or animal as to have had the opportunity of
acquiring the infection.
A person who lives in the same premises as a case or carrier.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Board of Health of the Borough of Media
was dissolved 12-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1157. It stated "To the extent
any duties performed by the Board of Health are not assumed by the
County Department of Health, such duties shall be assumed by the Borough
Health Officer or the Borough Code Enforcement Officer or his or her
designee."
A.
The Board of Health[1] hereby declares the following communicable diseases, unusual
outbreaks of illness, noncommunicable diseases and conditions to be
reportable:
(1)
Actinomycosis.
(2)
Amebiasis (amebic dysentery).
(3)
Anthrax.
(4)
Brucellosis.
(5)
Chancroid.
(6)
Chicken pox: only if occurring in persons 15 years
of age and older.
(7)
Cholera.
(8)
Diarrhea of the newborn.
(9)
Diphtheria: cases and carriers.
(12)
German measles.
(14)
Granuloma inguinale.
(16)
Histoplasmosis.
(17)
Leptospirosis (Weil's disease).
(18)
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis.
(19)
Lymphogranuloma venereum.
(20)
Malaria.
(21)
Measles (rubeola).
(23)
Mononucleosis, infectious.
(24)
Mumps.
(25)
Ophthalmia neonatorum, gonococcal.
(26)
Pertussis (whooping cough).
(27)
Plague.
(29)
Psittacosis.
(30)
Q fever.
(31)
Rabies.
(32)
Relapsing fever, louse-borne.
(33)
Rickettsialpox.
(34)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
(35)
Rubella (German measles).
(36)
Rubeola (measles).
(37)
Salmonellosis: cases, carriers or asymptomatic infections.
(38)
Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery).
(39)
Smallpox.
(41)
Syphilis, all stages.
(42)
Tetanus.
(43)
Toxoplasmosis.
(44)
Trachoma.
(45)
Trichinosis.
(46)
Tuberculosis, all forms.
(47)
Tularemia.
(48)
Typhoid fever: cases, carriers or asymptomatic infections.
(49)
Typhus fever: Endemic, flea-borne.
(50)
Typhus fever: Epidemic, louse-borne.
(51)
Yellow fever.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Board of Health of the Borough of Media
was dissolved 12-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1157. It stated "To the extent
any duties performed by the Board of Health are not assumed by the
County Department of Health, such duties shall be assumed by the Borough
Health Officer or the Borough Code Enforcement Officer or his or her
designee."
B.
The occurrence of any unusual disease or group expression
of illness which may be of public concern, whether or not it is known
to be of a communicable nature, shall be reported to the Board of
Health. Examples of unusual diseases or outbreaks are: cat scratch
fever; epidemic gastroenteritis, nonbacterial; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis;
swimming pool conjunctivitis; Coxsackie virus infection; herpangina;
pleurodynia outbreaks; and fevers of unknown origin.
C.
Any bite or injury inflicted by an animal susceptible
to rabies shall be reported to the Board of Health.
A.
Communicable diseases.
(1)
Every physician who treats or examines any person
who is suffering from or who is suspected of having a communicable
disease or any person who is suspected of being a carrier or who is
infected asymptomatically shall make a prompt report of the disease
or condition to the Board of Health.[1] The report shall be on a standard type form, or cases
may be reported by telephone. The report shall state the name of the
disease, the name of the patient or carrier, the address at which
the patient or carrier may be located, the date of onset of the disease
and the name of the householder in whose family the disease may have
occurred.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Board of Health of the Borough of Media
was dissolved 12-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1157. It stated "To the extent
any duties performed by the Board of Health are not assumed by the
County Department of Health, such duties shall be assumed by the Borough
Health Officer or the Borough Code Enforcement Officer or his or her
designee."
(2)
Any physician who treats a patient with a reportable
communicable disease which is classed as a venereal disease shall
report the case in the manner prescribed. The report shall state the
name and stage of the disease, the name, age, sex and race of the
patient and the address at which the patient may be located. These
reports shall be mailed in sealed envelopes to the Pennsylvania Department
of Health, as required by law.
(3)
Any person who is in charge of a laboratory in which
a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from the human body
yields microscopical, cultural, immunological, serological or other
evidence significant from a public health standpoint of the presence
of any one of the diseases listed below shall report promptly such
findings to the Board of Health, as well as to the Pennsylvania Department
of Health, as required by law, giving the name and address of the
person from whom the specimen was obtained and the name and address
of the physician for whom such examination or test was made. This
regulation shall not apply when a reported case of tuberculosis is
hospitalized for treatment for tuberculosis and specimens are examined
for that disease. The diseases are as follows:
(a)
Amebiasis.
(b)
Anthrax.
(c)
Brucellosis.
(d)
Diphtheria.
(e)
Bacillary dysentery.
(f)
Malaria.
(g)
Meningococcal infection.
(h)
Rickettsial infection.
(i)
Salmonella infection (including paratyphoid
fever infections).
(j)
Trichinosis.
(k)
Tuberculosis infection
(l)
Tularemia.
(m)
Typhoid infection.
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NOTE: Copies of laboratory findings for venereal
disease are required to be sent to the health authorities of cities
of the first class and county health departments when the patients
are residents of such city or county; all other reports shall be sent
to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
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(4)
School nurses shall report to school administrators
the presence of suspected communicable disease in school children.
The school administrator shall forward these reports to the Board
of Health. Any unusual increase in the number of absentees among school-children
shall be reported to the Board of Health.
(5)
Reporting by heads of institutions. Superintendents
of hospitals or other persons in charge of any institution for the
treatment of disease or of any institution maintaining dormitories
and living rooms or of an orphanage shall notify the Board of Health
upon the occurrence in or admission to such institution of a reportable
disease and shall thereafter follow the advice and instructions of
the health authorities for controlling such disease, but such notification
shall not relieve physicians of their duty to report, in the manner
set forth in Subsection A(1)(a) and (b), cases which they may treat
or examine in any such institution.
(6)
Reporting by householders and others. Any householder,
proprietor of a hotel or rooming or lodging or boarding house or any
other person having knowledge or suspicion of any communicable disease
shall report such knowledge or suspicion promptly to the Board of
Health.
(7)
Revision of diagnosis by attending physician. No diagnosis
of a disease for which isolation or quarantine is required shall be
revised without the concurrence of a medical member of the Board of
Health.
(8)
Unusual outbreak or occurrence of illness. Any person
having knowledge of the occurrence of any unusual disease or group
expression of illness which may be of public concern, whether or not
it is known to be of a communicable nature, shall report this promptly
to the Board of Health.
(9)
Report of animal bites or other trauma caused by animals.
Anyone who treats a patient who has received a bite or a laceration
caused by an animal shall report such injury to the Board of Health.
B.
Noncommunicable diseases. Any person in charge of
an institution for the treatment of disease shall be authorized, upon
request of the Board of Health, to make a report of such disease and
conditions other than communicable diseases for which the Board of
Health has approved a specific study to enable the Board of Health
to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means to
protect and to promote the health of the people by the prevention
and control of such diseases and conditions. The reports shall be
made upon forms prescribed by the Board of Health and shall be transmitted
to the Board of Health.
All travelers shall have the responsibility
of having the approved stamp of the Board of Health of the Borough
of Media[1] applied to the smallpox vaccination certificate or the
cholera vaccination certificate required for international travel.
The Board of Health or its agent or representative shall have the
power of affixing the approved stamp. The fee for the fixing of said
stamp shall be $2.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Board of Health of the Borough of Media
was dissolved 12-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1157. It stated "To the extent
any duties performed by the Board of Health are not assumed by the
County Department of Health, such duties shall be assumed by the Borough
Health Officer or the Borough Code Enforcement Officer or his or her
designee."
[Added 11-19-1992 by Ord. No. 846; amended 6-20-1996 by Ord. No. 904]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 90 days.
A.
Service and notice of violation. All written notices
of violation of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed served:
(1)
When delivered by hand to the alleged violator; or
B.
Penalties and cease operations orders.
(1)
In order to enforce penalties, the Board of Health
(or Media Borough Agent acting officially therefor) may, without further
notice, issue a cease operations order setting forth the unpaid fines
and/or court costs and cause the premises to be vacated of all employees,
patrons and occupants until all such charges are paid.
(2)
Any cease operations order shall be posted at every
entrance to the premises in conspicuous places clearly visible to
the public and shall remain posted until removed by the Board of Health.
C.
Appeals.
(1)
From license denial or revocation. Any person whose
application for any license has been denied, or whose license has
been suspended or revoked, may appeal to the Borough Council, provided
that such request for an appeal-hearing is made in writing within
five working days from the receipt of such order.
(2)
From penalties and/or cease operations order. Any
person who is aggrieved by an order directed to him or requiring any
action, forbearance, or in compliance from him, including respective
payment of any penalties ascribed therein, may appeal to the Borough
Council, provided that such request for an appeal-hearing is made
in writing within five working days from the receipt of such order.
(a)
Compliance with an order. While an appeal from
an order is pending, compliance with such order shall be required
unless the Board finds, and certifies in writing in such order, that
compliance may be postponed until the adjudication of the subject
appeal.
(b)
Fines. Any fines assessed due to a violation
ascribed in such order must be paid immediately, although an appeal
from the order may be pending. In the case of a successful appeal,
the amount of the fine(s) will be returned to the appellant within
10 working days of the adjudication of the matter(s).
(3)
Once an appeal has been established, adjudicatory
responsibilities exist with Borough Council. The borough must respond
to the appellant with the scheduled date and time of the appeal-hearing
within five working days. The Borough Council then has 10 additional
working days in which to hear the appeal.
(a)
Notification of appeal-hearing date and time
shall be given to appellant, when and where possible, by both phone
and mail.
(b)
In case of unreasonable inconvenience or burden
placed upon appellant due to the date and time of the appeal-hearing
as originally scheduled by Borough Council, the appellant, upon receiving
notification of the appeal-hearing, shall have two working days in
which to request and receive an alternate appeal-hearing date and
time.
(4)
Upon completion of an appeal-hearing, Borough Council
has 10 working days in which to adjudicate the disputed matter subject
to the appeal-hearing and notify appellant as to the outcome and result
of the adjudication.
