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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF HEALTH, PROVIDING FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF A HEALTH OFFICER, DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES
THEREOF, AND PROVIDING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ITS LAWFUL ORDERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN:
207.01 Board of Health: Health Officer.
A Board of Health is hereby established in and for the City of Oak Park Heights
consisting of a health officer who shall be a physician and who shall be the chief
executive officer of the Board, and two (2) other members to be appointed by the
City Council. Appointments shall be made at the first meeting of the Council year.
207.02 Duties
The Board of Health shall make such investigations and reports and shall obey such
directions concerning communicable diseases as the State Department may require or
give, and shall enforce all statutes, ordinances, and all lawful rules and regulations
concerning public health. In suppressing communicable diseases, all medical and
other assistance may be employed as is deemed necessary in the establishing,
enforcing, quarantine, and the releasing thereof All expenses thus properly incurred
shall be paid by the City and thereafter certified to the County Auditor for allowance
and payment of one -half of the amount of the county as provided by law.
207.03 Duties of Health Officer.
The Health Officer shall execute the lawful orders of the State and Local Board of
Health and perform such other duties as are or may be prescribed by statute,
ordinance, or resolution of the City Council, or by regulations of the State Board of
Health. He shall enforce the nuisance ordinances of the municipality insofar as they
relate to matters in any way affecting the public health; and he is hereby given
power, and it is made his duty, to enter and inspect any and all premises where food
products are stored that are to be or are offered for sale or are sold or offered to the
public, and to see that no unwholesome thing is offered for sale to the public. It is
hereby made a condition of all licenses granted in the City that the said health officer
is given power to inspect any and all products sold on any licensed premises. He
shall take all necessary steps to abate any nuisances or unwholesome conditions, and
in his discretion shall recommend the revocation or refusal of any license for any
premises operated or maintained in an unhealthful or unsanitary condition.
207.04 Obstruction of Duties Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to oppose or obstruct a member of the City Board
of Health or the Health Officer or physician charged with the enforcement of health
laws, in performing any legal duty; or for any person to obstruct or hinder the entry
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of such Health Officer upon premises or into buildings or other places where
contagion, infection, filth, or other source or cause of preventable disease exists or is
reasonably suspected to exist.
207.05 Penalties.
Any person who shall violate any order made under the provisions of this Ordinance,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by a fine not more than Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) or by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than ninety (90) days.
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