A Board of Health is hereby established in and for the Borough
of Tamaqua. It shall be composed of five members, one of whom shall
be a practicing physician for at least two years. The members of the
Board shall be appointed by the Borough Council for a term of five
years, staggered in such a way that the term of one member shall expire
at the end of each year. The aforesaid appointments for a specified
term notwithstanding, a Board member may stay in office until a successor
qualifies or is appointed or the Borough Council may remove any member
of the Board, at the pleasure of the Borough Council. The members
of the Board of Health shall serve without compensation. They shall
severally take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by law
and shall annually organize by electing a President who must be, and
a Secretary who need not be, a member of the Board. Members of the
Board of Health need not give bond in order to assume office.
The Board of Health shall have the power and its duty shall
be to supervise the enforcement of the health laws of the commonwealth
as well as the regulations of the State Department of Environmental
Protection, the Department of Agriculture, including, but not limited
to, Pennsylvania Code Title 7, Agriculture, Chapter 78, Food Establishments; the Department of Health and any and all state departments/agencies concerned with public health laws and regulations and all health ordinances in the Borough in accordance with 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3106. In addition, the Board of Health shall function as a Board of Appeals for all appeals of the decisions of the Code Enforcement Official or Health Officer taken under Chapter
129, Uniform Construction Codes.
The Secretary of the Board of Health shall perform the duties
outlined in 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3104 and shall receive such compensation
as may be provided from time to time by the Borough Council.
The Board of Health, with the approval of Borough Council, shall
appoint a Health Officer, who shall have been certified by the State
Department of Health in accordance with the regulations of the Department
in accordance with 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 and 28 Pa. Code § 11.1.
Such Health Officer shall have the powers and perform the duties provided
by 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3105. All official actions shall be performed
in the name and under the signature of the Health Officer.
This article shall be effective upon passage in accordance with
the requirements of the Borough Code.