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Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

Dorris Municipal Code Ch. 2.40 Health Officer and Board of

Dorris Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Dorris

Cite as: Dorris Municipal Code Chapter 2.40 · Text as of 2026-10-02

HEALm Sections: 2.40.010 2.40.020 2.40.030 2.40.040

2.40.010 Health officer and board

of health created. Board of health-Duties. Health officer- Appointment. Health officer--Powers and duties. Health officer and board of health created. The office of health officer of the city is created. The city council and the health offi- cer are made the board of health. The city clerk shall act as secretary of the board of health. The board of health shall hold their meetings on dates set for regular meetings of the council. (Prior code § 61 00)

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2.40.020 Board of health-Duties.

The board of health shall supervise all mat- ters pertaining to the sanitary condition of the city and shall make such rules and regulations relative thereto as are necessary and proper, and shall report to the Secretary of the State Board of Health the matters required by Sec- tions 500-504, 506-508, and 10510 ofthe State Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall have such duties and powers as may be pre- scribed by this code or order of the council. The board of health may enforce compulsory vaccination whenever, in its judgment, it may become necessary. (Prior code§ 6101) 24

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2.40.030 Health officer-

Appointment. The city council shall appoint some suit- able person to serve as health officer, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the council. (Prior code § 61 02)

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2.40.040 Health officer-Powers and

duties. A. Powers. The health officer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties specified and imposed by applicable provi- sions of the State Health and Safety Code and this code. B. Recommendations. It shall be the duty of the health officer to recommend in writing, to the council, such sanitary measures as he or she may consider advisable, to cooperate with the council in carrying the same into effect, to enforce all lawful rules and regula- tions which promote the health of the inhabi- tants of the city, and to perform all other du- ties as may be prescribed by law and ordi- nance. (Prior code§§ 6103, 6104)

Sections: 2.44.010 2.44.020 2.44.030 2.44.040 2.44.050 2.44.060 2.44.070 2.44.080

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2.44.090 Chapter 2.44

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