§ 601. Local health officials (a) The Commissioner shall appoint, upon recommendation of the selectboard, a local health officer for each town or city, and the Commissioner shall give such officer a certificate of appointment. The Commissioner may appoint one or more deputy local health officers for a town or city upon written request of […]
§ 602. Compensation of health officers (a) All compensation for services rendered by local health officers appointed under section 601 of this title shall be provided by and under the control of the selectboard. (b) The selectboard may reimburse local health officers appointed under section 601 of this title for all reasonable expenses incurred by […]
§ 602a. Duties of local health officers (a) A local health officer, within his or her jurisdiction, shall: (1) upon receipt of information regarding a condition that may be a public health hazard, conduct an investigation; (2) enforce the provisions of this title, the rules promulgated, and permits issued thereunder; (3) prevent, remove, or destroy […]
§ 604. Local Board of Health The local health officer, with the selectboard of the town, or the city council of a city, shall constitute a local board of health for such town or city. (Amended 1985, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
§ 605. Local health officer as secretary and executive officer of local board The local health officer shall be the secretary and executive officer of the local board of health, and shall hold office for three years, and until a successor is appointed. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; […]
§ 608. Inspection of schoolhouses and public buildings The health officer, under the direction of the Board, shall make a sanitary survey of each schoolhouse, all school lunch facilities, and any building used for public purposes, and annually in the month of February report to the Board, and to the city council or the annual […]
§ 613. Powers of local board (a) A local board of health may make and enforce rules in such town or city relating to the prevention, removal, or destruction of public health hazards and the mitigation of public health risks, provided that such rules have been approved by the Commissioner. Such rules shall be posted […]
§ 615. Approval of selectboard A local health officer shall not incur significant expense to the town or city for the prevention, removal, or destruction of any public health hazard or the mitigation of any public health risk without the consent and approval of the selectboard of such town or city. (Amended 1985, No. 267 […]
§ 617. Assistance by officers; penalty for neglect (a) The local health officer or local board of health may call upon sheriffs, constables, and police officers to assist it in the proper discharge of its duties. A sheriff, constable, or police officer who neglects or refuses to render such assistance shall be fined not more […]
§ 622. Health officers for unorganized towns and gores The Commissioner shall have power to designate a local health officer of a town adjoining an unorganized town or gore as the local health officer of such unorganized town or gore. Such health officer shall report to the Commissioner every violation of this title or any […]
§ 623. Compensation and expenses The services and expenses of a local health officer of unorganized towns and gores, with the approval of the Commissioner, shall be paid by the State from the taxes collected from such unorganized town or gore wherein the services were rendered or the expense incurred. The Commissioner of Finance and […]
§ 624. Actions against local health officers Actions taken by local health officers or by any other person given authority by chapters 3 and 11 of this title shall be considered to be actions taken by State employees for the purposes of 3 V.S.A. chapter 29 and 12 V.S.A. chapter 189 if such actions occurred […]
