§ 8.02. Director: Powers and duties.  


Latest version.
  • The director of public health and welfare shall have authority and shall be required to:

    (1)

    Enforce the laws of the state and City relating to public health and welfare and develop and conduct programs necessary for preserving and promoting public health, and shall make and enforce or cause to be enforced reasonable policies, for preserving and promoting public health.

    (2)

    Exercise general supervision over the health and cleanliness of the city and take all necessary measures for the protection, preservation and promotion thereof including, but not limited to, the making of any health examinations required by statute or by ordinance and the conduct of programs of public health and the power of quarantine and detention to prevent the spreading of contagious and infectious diseases.