Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 622
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 622
- Health officer: means Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner's designee, or a local or district health officer. See
- Permit: means any permit or license issued pursuant to this title. See
- Public health hazard: means the potential harm to the public health by virtue of any condition or any biological, chemical, or physical agent. See
- Public health risk: means the probability of experiencing a public health hazard. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 622. Health officers for unorganized towns and gores
The Commissioner shall have power to designate a local health officer of a town adjoining an unorganized town or gore as the local health officer of such unorganized town or gore. Such health officer shall report to the Commissioner every violation of this title or any rule adopted, permit or order issued pursuant to this title, and any public health hazard or public health risk of which such officer has knowledge as existing in such unorganized town or gore, and, in such unorganized town or gore, shall perform all acts required of the local health officer of a town. Upon receiving such information from such health officer, the Commissioner shall perform all acts in relation to such cases the same as if such information came from the local health officer of a town. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1985, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2023, No. 6, § 104, eff. July 1, 2023.)