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SENATE BILL 5136
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators McCaslin, Nelson and Roach.
Read first time January 22, 1991. Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.
AN ACT Relating to local boards of health; and amending RCW 70.05.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.05.060 and 1984 c 25 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
Each local board of health shall have supervision over all matters pertaining to the preservation of the life and health of the people within its jurisdiction and shall:
(1)
Enforce through the local health officer or the administrative officer
appointed under RCW 70.05.040, if any, the public health statutes of the state
and rules ((and regulations promulgated)) adopted by the state
board of health and the secretary of social and health services;
(2) Supervise the maintenance of all health and sanitary measures for the protection of the public health within its jurisdiction;
(3)
Enact such local rules ((and regulations)) as are directly
necessary in order to preserve, promote, and improve the public health
and provide for the enforcement thereof limited to the specific duties
provided in this section. Financial considerations may not be used to coerce
persons into connecting to sewer facilities;
(4) Provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease within the jurisdiction of the local health department;
(5) Provide for the prevention, control, and abatement of nuisances detrimental to the public health;
(6) Make such reports to the state board of health through the local health officer or the administrative officer as the state board of health may require; and
(7) Establish fee schedules for issuing or renewing licenses or permits or for such other services as are authorized by the law and the rules and regulations of the state board of health: PROVIDED, That such fees for services shall not exceed the actual cost of providing any such services.