The Municipal Physician shall be a member of the Board of Health of the municipality, and perform the duties devolving upon him or her as the medical advisor of the said Board. In all injuries where a liability may be asserted against the municipality, the Municipal Physician shall immediately investigate the said injuries, the extent thereof, and the circumstances. He or she shall then report the results of his or her investigation with the name of the party injured, and all other persons who may have personal knowledge of the matter. He or she shall make all physical examinations, and necessary laboratory tests incident thereto, and issue such health certificates as are required by ordinance. For the purpose of making examinations of the sanitary conditions of the property, and the state of health of the inhabitants therein, he or she shall have the right at all reasonable hours to go upon, and enter all premises, buildings or other structures in the municipality. He or she shall perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by the laws of the State of Nebraska, and the ordinances of the municipality. When ordered to do so by the governing body he or she shall disinfect, or fumigate the premises, or persons in or about the premises, when the premises are quarantined, and to call upon indigent sick persons, and perform other professional services at the direction of the governing body. The Municipal Physician shall receive as compensation for his or her services such sum as the governing body may from time to time set. He or she shall receive no compensation for his or her services as a member of the Municipal Board of Health.
(1997 Code, § 1-209)
Statutory reference:
Authority or similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-121