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• <br />~ I30A-41. ~'o~vers and dnt~es o~ ~oca1 hea~.th direc- <br />~or. ' <br />(a,? A ],oc~l health director sbali be the five of tb,a <br />lo+Gal health depae~k, shall perform public health ciuti~a3 pre- <br />scodbed b snd under the on of the Ioc~l board of healtJi <br />and the ~ t and be eanployed fi1]l.tcme in the Meld of <br />public h th. <br />(b) .A Iacsl he~a.Ith r~ii+e~or shaaII h~ the folla~ing powers and <br />dutie9_ <br />(1) heal~~ as directed by the local board of <br />(2) To enforce the ~utles of'the Iocal board of health; <br />(S) To inxastigate the causes of iazfedaous, commuaicabZe aad <br />other diseases; <br />(~ To exercise quarantiaer atxtbority and iaalatian anthoritp <br />ppursuant to CI.S. 13QA-145• <br />(5) To disseminate public h,ea).t~ infoamati,on anal to promote <br />the benefit3 of good health; <br />(~ '~o ~.vi~, Iaca3 offices coneernit~ public health maitters; <br />(~ To er:fforoe the immnnizatiaa regniz~e~ts of Part 2 of Ar- <br />title 7 of this Chapter <br />(8) To examine and invte c of ventreaal disease pur- <br />suaazt to Parts 3 and of Article B of tbxs Chapter, <br />C9) To ~camine and iaxvestlgate c~.~+es oft~~aearcuLoeis pdreuaat <br />to 'pact 3 of Artiel,e 6 of this Chapter; <br />(10) To tee, igate gnd aontrol~ rebus pursuant to <br />. Part ~ of Article fi ai• this Chapter, . <br />. (1~ TO abatA public ~iealth nnir,~n~ and' IIt~IlIIBat bazgrds <br />meant G.~: I30A-L9 suo~tt Cr..B. 130A=~.0; <br />' (12) Ta o~plo~ ~d mi$s empptoyyees~ of the local he~t~i da- <br />pp t aaz accordance with Chapter IZfi of the ClenBral <br />5lis, <br />tl3) To enter oon~ts, fn s~ocordaaxce with The hotel Govern <br />aaae~ F'ina~n~ce Act, C.S. G'bapbet~ 138, aabehaLf ofthe local <br />healt~s. east. Notting in this pa>:agraph• shell be <br />constraeiabrogate the autlxoritp pf the board of cxtiwdty <br />• ao®missioneis. ._ <br />(cJ Autiwx~itzy confiarred npaa a Ioc~ health di ~r health <br />cfsed only wftbin the co~ttp oat counties compri.sing <br />department. (1967, C. ].3€iT, a. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. <br />2; I986, c. L76; s. 2.) <br /> <br />• <br />