The southwest III district health board under and pursuant to the powers vested in it by title 39, chapter 4, section 39-410, Idaho Code, and in order to carry out the work effectively and to perform properly the duties intended and required by said statute, does hereby make and place into effect rules and regulations deemed necessary and proper to prevent the outbreak and spread of dangerous contagious and infectious disease, said rules and regulations to be known collectively as the SANITARY CODE OF GEM COUNTY. (Approved 12-27-1971)
This sanitary code is based on the concept of controlling and changing the physical environments so as to protect and improve the public health. Certain types of illness may be prevalent where living conditions place dependence on common water supplies and on others for food and drink, where vermin abound, where disposal of body wastes endanger others, and where filth in general abounds. Such conditions perpetuate disease and may set into action a series of events that result in epidemics. Methods have been developed to deal competently with conditions promoting the transmission of disease. It is hereby declared to be the duty of the board of health to deal with forces and processes of the environment and to influence or control them in the interest of health, individual and community alike, to prevent the outbreak and spread of dangerous, contagious and infectious disease. (Approved 12-27-1971)
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