(a) The County Council is, and may act as, the County Board of Health.
(b) When meeting as the Board of Health, the County Council has all the powers delegated to a local board of health under State and County law.
(c) The County Council, meeting as the Board of Health, may adopt any regulation which a local board of health is authorized to adopt. Before it adopts a regulation, the Board must hold a public hearing after giving reasonable notice, as specified in the Council Rules of Procedure, to each municipality in the County and the public. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-66; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 25, § 1.)
Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 5/6/98 indicating that the County Council, sitting as a Board of Health, may enforce County law regarding group homes in the eight home-rule municipalities that have not adopted their own law.