39-401. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (1) The various health districts, as provided for in this chapter, are not: (a) A single department of state government unto themselves; (b) A part of any of the twenty (20) departments of state government authorized by section 20, article IV, Idaho constitution; (c) A part of the departments prescribed in section […]
39-408. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS. There is hereby established within the state of Idaho seven (7) public health districts more particularly defined as follows: District No. 1 shall include the counties of Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone; District No. 2 shall include the counties of Latah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, Lewis and Idaho; District No. 3 […]
39-409. DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS — ESTABLISHMENT — SERVICES. There is hereby created and established in each of the above described public health districts a district health department, hereinafter referred to as the district health department. The district health department shall have as its head the district board of health. The district health department will provide […]
39-410. DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH — ESTABLISHMENT. There is hereby created and established in each of the public health districts a district board of health, hereinafter referred to as the district board, which shall be vested with the authority, control, and supervision of the district health department, and with such powers as required to perform […]
39-411. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARD — QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS — APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL — TERMS — SELECTION OF OFFICERS — BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DISTRICT BOARDS OF HEALTH. (1) For those districts comprised of: (a) Fewer than eight (8) counties, the district board of health shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by […]
39-412. MEETINGS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD — COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. The district board shall hold such meetings as may be necessary for the orderly conduct of its business and such meetings may be called upon seventy-two (72) hours’ notice by the chairman or a majority of the members. Four (4) members shall be necessary to […]
39-413. DISTRICT HEALTH DIRECTOR — APPOINTMENT — POWERS AND DUTIES. A district health director shall be appointed by the district board and shall receive compensation as determined by the district board. The director shall have and exercise the following powers and duties in addition to all other powers and duties inherent in the position or […]
39-414. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT BOARD. The district board of health shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties: (1) To administer and enforce all state and district health laws, regulations, and standards. (2) To do all things required for the preservation and protection of the public health and preventive health and […]
39-414A. AUDIT OF HEALTH DISTRICT FINANCES. It shall be the duty of each district board of health to cause to be made a full and complete audit of all the financial transactions of the health district no less frequently than every two (2) years. Such audit shall be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards […]
39-415. QUARANTINE. The district board shall have the same authority, responsibility, powers, and duties in relation to the right of quarantine within the public health district as does the state. History: [39-415, added 1970, ch. 90, sec. 7, p. 218; am. 1973, ch. 29, sec. 7, p. 56.]
39-416. RULES ADOPTED BY DISTRICT BOARD — PROCEDURE. (1) The district board by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members may adopt, amend or rescind rules and standards as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act. (2) Every rule or standard adopted, amended, or rescinded by the […]
39-417. HEARINGS BY DISTRICT BOARD — OATHS — WITNESSES — SUBPOENAS. (1) Any person, association, public or private agency, corporation, or the district director alleging a violation of this act, the rules promulgated thereunder, or any matter within the jurisdiction of the district board, or any alleged violator thereof, may, pursuant to the provisions of […]
39-418. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DISTRICT BOARD’S DETERMINATION — EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE. (1) Judicial review of a final determination of the district board may be secured by any person adversely affected thereby by filing a petition for review as prescribed by chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, in the district court of the county wherein he lives […]
39-419. VIOLATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS — MISDEMEANOR — CIVIL LIABILITY FOR EXPENSE — INFRACTION. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully violate, disobey, or disregard the provisions of the public health laws or the terms of any lawful notice, order, standard, rule, regulation, or ordinance issued pursuant thereto. (2) Any person […]
39-420. CIVIL ACTIONS BY DISTRICT BOARD — ENFORCEMENT OF ACT — ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES. The district board in its name shall commence and maintain all proper and necessary civil actions and proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act and the preservation and protection of the public and is specifically directed to abate nuisances when […]
39-421. SPECIAL COUNSEL OF DISTRICT BOARD. The district board is hereby authorized to engage special counsel to defend it and the members in all action and proceedings brought against it or them with respect to their official duties hereunder. In addition, such special counsel may bring any civil action requested by the district board. The […]
39-422. PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT FUND — ESTABLISHMENT — DIVISIONS — FISCAL OFFICER — EXPENDITURES. (1) There is hereby authorized and established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the public health district fund for which the state treasurer shall be custodian. Within the public health district fund there shall be seven […]
39-423. BUDGET COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. The chairmen of the boards of county commissioners located within the public health district are hereby constituted as the budget committee of the public health district. The district board will submit to the budget committee by the first Monday in June of each year the preliminary budget for […]
39-424. COST OF MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT — APPORTIONMENT TO MEMBER COUNTIES. The manner of apportioning the contributions of the counties as part of the budget of the health district, created pursuant to section 39-423, Idaho Code, shall be as follows: (1) Seventy percent (70%) of the amount to be contributed by the counties shall be […]
39-424A. ADDITIONAL COUNTY AID TO DISTRICTS — PROCEDURES. (1) Beginning on January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the various boards of county commissioners shall be responsible for providing additional annual aid to the public health districts. The amount of such additional county aid shall not be less than the amount appropriated to the various […]
