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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Health Officer, Repealing Ordinance 544 � I TEMPORARY ORD. NO. 31 Permanet Ord. No. 731 AN ORDINANCE DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HEALTH OFFICER, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 544 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. I BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: i Section 1. Appointment-Powers. The health officer shall be a licensed physician, appointed by the mayor and approved by the council, and shall have such powers and duties as are herein conferred, or such as are now or hereafter conferred by the statutes of the state of Iowa. I Section Z. Salary. He shall receive such salary as is fixed by the city council. Suction 3. Member Board of Health. He shall be a member of the local board of ihealth and shall attend all meetings of such board. Section 4. Public Health Matters. He shall be the executive officer of the local board of health in all matters pertaining to the public health, the control of 'communicable diseases, disposal of refuse and night soil, and the pollution of wells and other sources of water supFly. He shall recommend to the local board the proper measures to be tal_0en for the abatement of unhealthful conditions and for the preservation of the public he alth. itSection 5. Quarantine Officer-Health Physician. He shall be quarantine officer I�and health physician of the city, and shall have such powers and duties as are (conferred upon such officers by the ordinances of the city of Ames or the i statutes of Iowa. (Section 6. Reports Quarantine. He shall receive reports of cases of reportable !diseases, impose and terminate quarantine. II. Section 7. Quarantine Records. He shall keep a record of cases reported to him ((name, age, sex, address, birthplace, occupation, school or place of employment �l of the person reported to be ill, the name of the person making the report, the date of receipt by him of the report, the date of transmission of the report to the Istate department of health, the date of quarantine, the date of release from !!quarantine, the termination of the case and source of infection, if known, in a book kept for the purpose. He shall forward reports of cases to the state ,department of health in accordance with its rules and regulations. I ! Section 8. Inspect Schools, Public Utilities and Buildings. He shall, at least twice each year, and oftener if necessary, personally inspect, or cause to be jinspected, the schools, public buildings, and public utilities within the jurisdiction of the local board, and he shall recommend to the local board the necessary measures to be taken by it for the maintenance of such schools, public buildings, sand public utilities in a sanitary condition. 6ection 9. Investigate Cases of Sickness. In case of sickness where no physician 'is in attendance, the health officer shall investigate the character of such !sickness and report hisfindings to the local board. I !Section 10. Other Duties. He shall also perform such other duties compatible with the nature of his office, as may herein or hereafter be required by ordinances or resolutions of the city council or rules and regulations of the local board of health. Section 11. Right to Enter Premises. He may enter any building, vessel, or !other place for the purpose of examining into, preventing, or removing any nuisance, fsource of filth, or cause of sickness. i (Section 12. Term Health Officer. Whenever the term 16health officer" appears in any ordinance or restultttion of the city council or rules and regulations of the ; ,_t � I T I I 1 local board of health, the said term shall be interchangeable with the term "health hysician" unless such ordinance or resolution otherwise defines such terms. Section 13. Records to Successor. He shall transmit to his successor in office �abooks, papers, records, documents and property, together with an invoice of he same, in his custody and appertaining to his office. ,Section 14. Report to City Council . He shall annually, at the end of the calendar ,year, submit to the city council a written report of his activities. :Section 15. Repeal. Ordinance No. 544 and all other ordinances or parts of !ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. I ;Section 16. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its !;Passage and publication as provided by law. �PPassed this 7th day of February, 1955. �I W. Prather, City Clerk J. P. Lawlor, Mayor I Moved by Smith and seconded by Judge that Temporary Ord. hb. 31 De passed I on its first -reading. I Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart Moved by Judge and seconded by Bliss that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Temporary Ord. No. 31 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: Node Absent: De Hart Moved by Griffith and seconded by Judge that Tempo-f-ary Ord. No. 31 do now pass. i i Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, smith, Boston and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart i f �&yor Lawlor declared Temporary Ord. No. 31 duly adopted. II II I, J. W. Prather, city clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 781 was duly and properly adopted by the CityCouncil at a meeting on the 7th day of February, 1955 and published by codifying on the day of t 19�. I J. W. Prather, City Clerk f l I