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14-262-115. County or district boards of health — Powers and duties.
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14-262-115. County or district boards of health — Powers and duties.
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred and imposed upon county and district boards of health by the provisions of this act, the boards shall have and exercise the following specific powers and duties:
(1) To provide, equip, and maintain suitable offices and all necessary facilities for the proper administration and operation of the county or district health department;
(2) To determine general policies to be followed by the public health officer in administering and enforcing the public health laws, rules, and regulations of the board and the orders, rules, and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health;
(3) To act in an advisory capacity to the public health officer on all matters pertaining to public health;
(4) To issue from time to time such orders and to adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the public health laws of this state nor with the orders and rules of the State Board of Health, as the board may deem necessary for the proper exercise of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon a county or district health department or board of health by this act.
(b) All statutes, rules, and regulations in force on February 28, 1949, which relate to matters concerning public health in municipalities coming under the jurisdiction of the county or district boards, as set forth in § 14-262-107, shall remain in full force and shall be enforceable by the boards unless and until they are amended or repealed by proper authority or unless they are repugnant to the provisions of this act.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-262-115
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14-262-115. County or district boards of health — Powers and duties.
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred and imposed upon county and district boards of health by the provisions of this act, the boards shall have and exercise the following specific powers and duties:
(1) To provide, equip, and maintain suitable offices and all necessary facilities for the proper administration and operation of the county or district health department;
(2) To determine general policies to be followed by the public health officer in administering and enforcing the public health laws, rules, and regulations of the board and the orders, rules, and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health;
(3) To act in an advisory capacity to the public health officer on all matters pertaining to public health;
(4) To issue from time to time such orders and to adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the public health laws of this state nor with the orders and rules of the State Board of Health, as the board may deem necessary for the proper exercise of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon a county or district health department or board of health by this act.
(b) All statutes, rules, and regulations in force on February 28, 1949, which relate to matters concerning public health in municipalities coming under the jurisdiction of the county or district boards, as set forth in § 14-262-107, shall remain in full force and shall be enforceable by the boards unless and until they are amended or repealed by proper authority or unless they are repugnant to the provisions of this act.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-262-107. County or district health departments — Jurisdiction.
(a) The jurisdiction of any county or district health department shall extend over all unincorporated areas and over all municipal corporations within the territorial limits of the county or the counties comprising the district, but not over the territory of any municipal corporation which at the time of the establishment of the county or district health department had a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal census and which maintains its own health department and employs a supervising health officer; however, any such municipal corporation not otherwise within the jurisdiction of a department, by the passage of an ordinance by three-fourths (¾) of the elected members of its city council, board of trustees, or other governing body, and by agreement with the county or district board of health approved by the State Board of Health, may merge its department with the county or district health department.
(b) All local boards of health existing within the county or district, except those of any municipal corporation which at the time of the establishment of the county or district health department had a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal census and which maintains its own health department, employs a supervising health officer, and does not elect to merge its health activities with the county or district health department shall be dissolved upon the organization of a county or district health department under the provisions of this act, or upon the acceptance of a county into a district health department.
(c) All cities of the first class under twenty-five thousand (25,000) in population incorpora
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-262-107
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-262-107. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.