[R.O. 1992 § 115.420; R.O. of 1942
§ 217; CC 1970 § 2-109]
The Mayor shall appoint, with the
consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to the City
Council, on July 1 of each year, or as soon as may be practical for
a term of one (1) year, a City Physician. No person shall be appointed
to the office of City Physician who shall not have attained the age
of twenty-five (25) years, who is not a regular graduate of some school
of medicine authorized to grant diplomas and who, when appointed,
is a practicing physician in good standing.
[R.O. 1992 § 115.430; R.O. of 1942
§ 218; CC 1970 § 2-110]
If a vacancy occurs in the office
of the City Physician, by death, resignation, removal from the City
or removal from office, or for any other cause, the Mayor shall appoint
a suitable person to discharge the duties of the office until the
first regular meeting of the City Council, held after the vacancy
occurs, at which meeting the vacancy, for the unexpired term, shall
be filled in the manner prescribed for the appointment of a City Physician.
The person appointed to the office of City Physician shall, before
entering upon the duties of his/her office, take and subscribe to
the oath required by law for the City Officers. The City Physician
shall also be and is hereby constituted a member of the Board of Health.
[R.O. 1992 § 115.440; R.O. of 1942
§§ 219-220; CC 1970 § 2-111]
A.
It shall be the duty of the City Physician
to have and exercise a general supervision over the sanitary conditions
of the City. He/she shall report to the Board of Health all nuisances
or other causes, that, in his/her opinion, may endanger the public
health and upon being informed of the existence or introduction of
any malignant, infectious or contagious disease within the City, he/she
shall immediately inquire into the facts, report the results of his/her
inquiries to the Board of Health and at once proceed to take such
action in relation thereto as in his/her judgment, with the consent
of the Board of Health, the public safety may require. He/she shall
report to the Board of Health all information in his/her possession
respecting the sanitary condition of the City and which he/she may
deem of importance. He/she shall from time to time make such examinations
and reports as the Board may desire in respect to public health.
B.
The City Physician shall likewise have
charge and general superintendence, with the Board of Health, of all
quarantine stations, buildings and grounds that may be established,
and see that all quarantine regulations prescribed by the Board of
Health are strictly enforced and obeyed. He/she shall administer to
diseased or sick prisoners confined in the City Jail not otherwise
cared for by a physician, and to such indigent persons as he/she may
be directed to by the Board of Health. He/she shall see that all persons,
so far as he/she may have it in his/her power, are properly vaccinated.
