The duties of the executive officer or his or her authorized representative of County Health Department, with respect to vector control, are:
(A) To take all necessary and proper steps to control vectors which have adverse health significance to humans or domestic animals and livestock;
(B) To enter upon land, public or private, at any reasonable time to inspect for or to abate or require abatement of all pest and vector breeding grounds which have adverse health significance to humans or domestic animals;
(C) To purchase supplies, material and equipment pursuant to approved local procedures;
(D) To recommend to the County Board of Commissioners or other appropriate authority the building, constructing, maintaining or repairing of necessary levees, cuts, canals, channels or other structures upon any land within jurisdiction of County Health Department after obtaining the necessary local and Department of Natural Resources approvals;
(E) To make contracts;
(F)
To conduct control in a manner consistent with recommendations of the State Cooperative Extension Service, the Pesticide Review Board, the State Board of Health, the Office of the State Chemist, the State Department of Health, and the State Department of Environmental Management;
(G) To be able to enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate organizations for the purpose of assuring technical assistance in developing and carrying out specific duties; and
(H) To identify problems determined to be of importance to the public welfare and developing control programs appropriate to each situation.
(Prior Code, § 6-48) (Ord. 11-7-77, passed 11-7-1977; Ord. 2018-05, passed 6-25-2018)