Chapter 2.32



HEALTH OFFICER*

2.32.010 Duties generally.
2.32.020 Authority to inspect.
2.32.030 Interference with right-of-entry.




* For charter provisions as to health officer generally, see Charter, Art. IV, º 1. See in particular, Charter, Art. XIX, º 1.

2.32.010 Duties generally.


It shall be the duty of the health officer to enforce and observe all of the following:

A. Orders and ordinances of the council pertaining to the public health;

B. Orders, quarantine regulations and rules concerning the public health, prescribed by the State Department of Public Health;

C. Statutes relating to the public health. (Prior code º 17-4)

2.32.020 Authority to inspect.


It shall be lawful for the health officer to enter and inspect any railway car, stage, vehicle, building, room, hospital, lot, auto court, trailer camp or other place in the city in the performance of his or her duties. (Prior code º 17-5)

2.32.030 Interference with right-of-entry.


No person shall refuse, resist or attempt to resist the lawful entrance of the health officer into any railway car, stage, vehicle, building, room, hospital, lot, auto court, trailer camp or other place in the city in the performance of his or her duty, or shall refuse to obey any lawful order of the health officer made in the performance of his or her duties within the power conferred upon the health officer by law. (Prior code º 17-6)