(a) Selection. The Village President shall annually appoint a Health Officer, subject to confirmation by the Village Board. The Health Officer’s term shall be for a one-year period, and shall commence on the first day of May succeeding his or her appointment. Such Health Officer shall be a physician, or in lieu thereof, a person with training and experience in public health administration which shall meet training and experience requirements established by the State Department of Health and Social Services. If the Health Officer is not a physician, the Board of Health shall arrange for and provide in addition such services of a physician as may be necessary on either a part-time or full-time basis, and provide a reasonable compensation therefor.
(b) Vacancy. If a vacancy in the position of Health Officer occurs, the Village President shall immediately fill the position.
(c) Responsibilities.
(1) The Health Officer shall provide such additional rules and regulations as are necessary for the preservation of health, to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, and to cause the removal of all objects detrimental to health, and to enforce the health laws. All proposed rules and regulations shall be reported to the Village Board by the Health Officer, and if the Board approves the same by a vote of a majority of its members, they shall have the force and effect of ordinances, including penalty for violation.
(2) The Health Officer shall from time to time recommend to the Village Board such sanitary measures, to be executed by the village as seem necessary, and shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed upon the Board by ordinance or resolution.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-13)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Wis. Admin. Code, § DSS 139.05