8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 31 - Health And Sanitation

• Chapter Notes
• Section 3100 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 3101 - Administration
  (a) Establishment.--The council may, by ordinance, appoint a board of health or a health officer to administer and enforce the health ordinances and related...
• Section 3102 - Board
  (a) Membership.-- (1) A board appointed by a council shall be composed of three or five members, subject to the following: (i) Except as...
• Section 3103 - Oaths, Officers And Security
  (a) Oath of office.--A member of the board must take the oath prescribed for borough members of council. (b) Officers.-- (1) The board shall...
• Section 3104 - Duties Of Board Secretary
  The board secretary has the following duties: (1) To maintain, under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13 Subch. F (relating to records), the minutes of the...
• Section 3105 - Powers And Duties Of Health Officer
  (a) Powers.--A health officer may issue a citation for violation of a health ordinance or related law. (b) Duties.--A health officer has the following...
• Section 3106 - Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) Powers.--A board has the following powers to: (1) Recommend to the council rules and regulations necessary for the preservation of the public health...
• Section 3107 - Entry Upon Premises
  (a) Authority.-- (1) This subsection applies to all of the following: (i) A member of a board. (ii) A health officer. (iii) An employee...
• Section 3108 - Abatement Of Nuisances
  (a) Initial order.--If the board finds a condition or premises to be a nuisance to the health of the people of the borough, it...
• Section 3109 - Expenditures
  (a) Estimate.--The board or the health officer shall submit to council, before commencement of the borough's fiscal year, an estimate of the probable expenditures...
• Section 3110 - Cooperation
  A borough may cooperate in the administration and enforcement of health laws with: (1) the department; (2) a county in which the borough is...
• Section 3111 - Department
  (a) No limitation.--Nothing in this part may be construed to limit the powers and duties of the department, including the powers and duties under...
• Section 3112 - (Reserved)
• Section 3113 - (Reserved)
• Section 3114 - (Reserved)

Last modified: October 8, 2016