§ 305.09. Board of health.


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  • Subdivision 1. Creation of board. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 145A, there is created and continued a board of health.

    Subd. 2. Council to constitute board. The Board consists of the City Council and a physician who is the health officer of the City.

    Subd. 3. Powers and duties of board. The Board shall:

    (a)

    Investigate and make such reports and obey such directions concerning communicable diseases as the State Board of Health may require or give; and

    (b)

    Cause all laws and regulations relating to the public health, including any and all health regulations contained in this code to be obeyed and enforced.

    Subd. 4. Inspection and enforcement. The Board and authorized officers or employees of the Board shall have the right to enter into any building, conveyance or place where contagion, infection, filth or other source or cause of preventable disease exists or is reasonably suspect.

    Subd. 5. Uniform enforcement and appeals. Orders or rules and regulations adopted or issued by the Board shall be enforced in the manner provided in Section 320. Persons aggrieved by an order or rule or regulation of the Board may appeal in accordance with the provisions of Section 320.

(Amended, Bill No. 2015-17)