A. Position Created: The health director of the Salt Lake Valley health department is hereby designated as the health director of the town. (1980 Code § 10-221)
B. Powers And Duties:
1. Appoint Or Designate Assistant: The health director may appoint or designate any qualified person to act as his assistant for the purpose of enforcing the ordinances of the town.
2. Enforce Terms And Conditions Of Contract: Subject to the terms and conditions of the contract between the Salt Lake Valley health department, the health director shall:
a. Be the executive officer of the board of health.
b. Enforce all ordinances of the town and the state which relate to the health and welfare of the residents of the town.
c. Enforce all rules, regulations and ordinances relating to:
(1) Plumbing, sanitation, contagious infectious diseases, quarantine and sewage disposal.
(2) Producing, storing, keeping and selling meat, dairy or other foods or food products.
(3) The quarantine and disposal of all animals affected with any contagious or infectious diseases.
d. Have the power to impose and maintain a strict quarantine of all infected persons and premises having contagious or infectious diseases, and to require such persons or premises to be disinfected.
e. Have the right and authority, when he shall deem necessary to secure or preserve the public health, to enter into or upon any premises, building or other places during the daytime to examine, analyze or test any building, structure, premises, product or goods manufactured, stored or kept within the town for the purposes of enforcing this chapter. (1980 Code § 10-222; amd. 2010 Code)