(A) For the purpose of promoting public health and enforcing the rules and regulations and requirements of this section and such rules and regulations as may from time to time be enacted or adopted, the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, the law enforcement officer, and the Village Physician shall constitute a Board of Health for this village. If the Board of Trustees has not appointed a Village Physician, the third member shall be a person appointed by the Board. The Board shall have general supervision over the health of the village and is hereby authorized to establish quarantine limits within the village when necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of a contagious and other infectious disease, to safeguard the health of the people, and to prevent nuisances and unsanitary conditions.
(B) (1) A majority of the Board of Health shall constitute a quorum and shall enact rules and regulations which rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law to safeguard the health of the people of the village and to prevent nuisances and unsanitary conditions. Such regulations shall be adopted only after published notice and a public hearing. Public notice of the hearing shall be provided in the same manner as notice of meetings of the Board of Trustees. The notice of the hearing shall contain a statement that copies of proposed regulations are available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk.
(2) All regulations adopted by the Board of Health shall be maintained in written form and shall be available for inspection by the public in the office of the Village Clerk during regular business hours.
(1991 Code, §§ 2-203, 4-101, 4-102, 4-104)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 17-208