(A) Appointment, qualifications, and terms of office of members.
(1) The Board of Health shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Mayor.
(2) Not less than three members shall be physicians holding an unlimited license to practice medicine in the state. After the first appointees, the terms of the members shall be for four years as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 32.064)
(B) Election of officers; meetings; rules and regulations. The City Board of Health shall elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson in October of each year and shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly, in January, April, July, and October and special meetings on written requests of three members or on request of the Health Officer and may adopt its own rules with regard to meetings and other matters, which shall not be contrary to any provisions of law or of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 32.065)
(C) Powers and duties.
(1) The Board of Health shall direct and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the City Health Officer and other employees of the Health Department and shall approve the legal and proper claims of the Health Department.
(2) The City Board of Health is authorized and directed to take action, issue regulations, and enforce the same as, in its judgment, may be necessary or proper to carry out its duties as provided by law, the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, and of this code.
(3) The Board shall have power to adopt measures and rules or regulations which may be necessary or advisable for the conservation of the public health of the inhabitants of the city or in relation of the sanitary conditions of the city and for the prevention and suppression of disease, which are not inconsistent with the regulations of the State Board of Health.
(3) The Board, with a view toward preservation of the public health, shall give to the Mayor and other city officials all public professional advice and information as the officials may require.
(4) The Board shall publish an annual report, as provided by this section and other law and, with the approval of the Mayor, may publish the statistical information concerning its work relating to the health of the community or methods and means of preventing and curing disease as it shall deem proper for publication.
(5) The Board shall investigate the existence of and enforce the laws and regulations necessary to prevent and control the spread of communicable or infectious diseases which are dangerous to public health and shall make all necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections and shall act to conserve the public health whenever a public emergency exists.
(6) The Board shall appoint a full-time City Health Officer, subject to approval of the State Board of Health.
(7) The Board shall confirm the appointment of the professional employees who are appointed by the Health Officer and who meet the qualification requirements of the State Board of Health.
(8) The Board shall collect fees which shall be reported weekly, be sent to the City Controller and become part of the General Fund, except as may be otherwise provided.
(9) The Board shall submit, at the time of the preparation of the municipal budget, an annual itemized estimate of the amount of money estimated for expenditures for the Department of Public Health for the following year.
(10) The Board shall request appropriations from the Common Council for venereal disease prevention and control programs.
(11) The Board of Health shall keep a record of all of its transactions, which record shall be kept at its office in the City Hall.
(Prior Code, § 32.066)