West Virginia Code 16-2-4 – Authority to create, establish and maintain municipal boards of health; service area
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The governing body of a municipality may create, establish and maintain a municipal board of health organized pursuant to and with the powers and duties prescribed by this article. The territorial jurisdiction of any municipal board of health is an area including the municipality and all points within a distance of one mile from the limits of the municipality.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-2-4
- board: means a board of health serving one or more counties or one or more municipalities or a combination thereof. See West Virginia Code 16-2-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipal board of health: means one form of organization for a local board of health and means a board of health serving a single municipality. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2