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 Laredo
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 15. HEALTH AND SANITATION
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 15-4. Health department.  

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  • I. Generally.

    (a)

    The entity known as the Laredo-Webb County Health Department is hereby abolished.

    (b)

    The Health Department of the City of Laredo is hereby created and established pursuant to section 4.01(A) of the Charter.

    (c)

    The director of the department shall be appointed by the city manager as provided in section 3.04(1) of the Charter.

    (d)

    The director shall have supervision and control over the department subject to direction and supervision of the city manager as provided in section 4.01(B) of the Charter.

    (e)

    The health department hereby created shall be a local health department as defined in the Local Public Health and Reorganization Act. To the extent that it receives support for the provision of health services, then the Uniform Grant and Management Act of 1981 (Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 4413(32g)), and standards adopted pursuant to that act shall control where applicable. The health department shall provide the following public health services for the residents of the city;

    (1)

    Personal health promotion and maintenance services;

    (2)

    Infectious disease control and prevention services;

    (3)

    Environmental and consumer health programs for enforcement of health and safety laws related to food, water, waste control, general sanitation, and vector control;

    (4)

    Public health education and information services;

    (5)

    Laboratory services; and

    (6)

    Administrative services.

    (f)

    Subject to the approval of the city council, hereinafter the city by and through its health department, may enter into contracts or grant agreements with state and federal agencies for the provision of additional public health services for the residents of the city.

    (g)

    As provided for in the Local Public Health Reorganization Act, the city council may hereafter cooperate with the county and other incorporated municipalities in the county, in making necessary improvements and providing services to promote the public health, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement or agreements entered into under authority of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 4413(32c).

    II. Office of Pollution Control.

    (a)

    The office of pollution control in the environmental health division of the health department is created.

    (b)

    There is hereby created the position of environmental quality specialist, who shall be in charge of the office of pollution control; and he shall be under the supervision of the chief of environmental health services.

(Ord. No. 89-207, §§ 1—7, 11-20-89; Ord. No. 90-29, §§ 1, 3, 2-26-90)

Editor's note

Sections 1—7 of Ord. No. 89-207, adopted Nov. 20, 1989, have been included as part I of § 15-4; and §§ 1, 3 of Ord. No. 90-29, adopted Feb. 26, 1990, have been included as part II.