Document Citation: 53 P.S. § 48106

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 53. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PART VI. BOROUGHS
CHAPTER 91. THE BOROUGH CODE
ARTICLE XXXI. HEALTH AND SANITATION

Date:
02/17/2014

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NOTICE: This section is repealed in part pursuant to Act 1961, Sept. 29, P.L. 1745 and Section 2 of Act 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1343, No 209.

§ 48106. Powers of board of health

(a) The board of health shall have the power, and it shall be its duty to:

(1) Enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, the regulations of the State Department of Health, and all ordinances of the borough enacted to promote public health and prevent the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious disease.

(2) Abate and remove all nuisances that the board shall deem detrimental to the public health and to mark infected houses or places.

(3) Recommend rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health and for carrying into effect the powers and functions of the board. The rules and regulations shall not become effective until they have been approved by the borough council and enacted as ordinances of the borough.

(b) The board of health may appoint a health officer or officers.