Cross Reference — As to licensing of hospitals, see §605.570.
[CC 1961 §11.01]
There is hereby established a Department of Health which shall
consist of a Health Inspector, and Board of Health, together with
such other officers and employees as may be lawfully authorized.
[CC 1961 §11.02; Ord. No. 886, 3-4-1957]
A.
The
Board of Health shall consist of three (3) members. They shall be
residents of the City of Berkeley, or shall practice medicine within
the legal limits of the City of Berkeley. The Board of Health shall
be appointed by the Mayor and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
One (1) member shall serve as Chairman and one (1) member shall serve
as Secretary.
B.
The
Board of Health shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and
to the Council, and the Health Inspector in all matters pertaining
to the public health.
[CC 1961 §§11.03, 11.04; Ord. No.
854, 7-9-1956; Ord. No. 886, 3-4-1957]
A.
The
Health Inspector shall be trained in matters of public health.
B.
The
Health Inspector shall have active supervision over all matters pertaining
to the public health and sanitation, and the enforcement of all laws
and ordinances pertaining thereto. He/she shall have power to enter
all market places, stores, or other places where food products are
offered for sale for human consumption, and when such products are
found on inspection to be contaminated, diseased, corrupted or unwholesome
from any cause, the Health Inspector may condemn the same as unfit
for human food, prohibiting the sale thereof, and order same to be
immediately disposed of otherwise than for human food. He/she shall
perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to
him/her by the Council or the Mayor.
C.
The
County Health Commissioner may, pursuant to contract be employed as
the Health Inspector of the City of Berkeley, and the duties of the
Health Inspector shall be as set forth in a contract between the City
of Berkeley and St. Louis County.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 220.040, Day Care Homes, which
derived from CC 1961 §11.11; Ord. No. 1677 §1, 7-1-1968, was repealed 2-21-2022
by Ord. No. 4701.
