New Hampshire Revised Statutes 128:5 – Duties; Compensation
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The town health officer:
I. Shall enforce the public health laws and rules.
II. Shall make such sanitary investigations as may be directed by the local board of health, or as may be required by the department of health and human services.
III. May, upon reasonable information, personal knowledge or belief, in order to safeguard public health or to prevent pollution of any aquifer or body of water, enter upon private property, but not into any living quarters, to investigate and, if necessary, take appropriate action to prevent further pollution.
IV. Shall receive for the health officer’s services the compensation fixed by the selectmen or the town, except as otherwise provided.
V. May, if duly appointed to serve any New Hampshire town, serve temporarily at the request of the governing body of any other New Hampshire town and may perform any lawful duties within that other town. For those duties performed at the request of such town, all compensation, expenses and liability coverage shall be incumbent upon the requesting town. For the purposes of this paragraph, “temporarily” means 30 calendar days or fewer.
I. Shall enforce the public health laws and rules.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 128:5
- governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
II. Shall make such sanitary investigations as may be directed by the local board of health, or as may be required by the department of health and human services.
III. May, upon reasonable information, personal knowledge or belief, in order to safeguard public health or to prevent pollution of any aquifer or body of water, enter upon private property, but not into any living quarters, to investigate and, if necessary, take appropriate action to prevent further pollution.
IV. Shall receive for the health officer’s services the compensation fixed by the selectmen or the town, except as otherwise provided.
V. May, if duly appointed to serve any New Hampshire town, serve temporarily at the request of the governing body of any other New Hampshire town and may perform any lawful duties within that other town. For those duties performed at the request of such town, all compensation, expenses and liability coverage shall be incumbent upon the requesting town. For the purposes of this paragraph, “temporarily” means 30 calendar days or fewer.