ARTICLE 8
Board of Health
8.1 The Board of Health shall consist of three members elected by ballot at the annual town election for a term of three years. One member shall be elected in each year.
8.2 The Board shall make and publish from time to time such regulations as it deems necessary for the public health and safety and shall cause the same to be printed in suitable form for public distribution.
8.3 The Board shall have charge of all appropriations made by the Town for health and sanitary purposes which are not especially entrusted to any other department.
8.4 The Board shall annually make a report to be printed in the Annual Town Report showing in detail the statistics of the health and sanitary condition of the Town with recommendations for its improvement, together with a full and comprehensive statement of its work and that of its appointees during the previous year. The report shall also contain a detailed statement of the amounts expended by the Board during the year.
8.5 The non-criminal disposition of violations of any Town By-Law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health, or any rule or regulation of the Board of Health, is hereby authorized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 2lD, of the General Laws ("Section 2lD").
8.5.1 "Enforcing person" as used in this Section 8.5 shall mean any police officer of the Town, the Health Director, any member of the Board of Health and any other town employee designated by the Board of Health as an enforcing person.
8.5.2 An enforcing person taking cognizance of a violation of any By-Law, rule or regulation hereunder may, as an alternative to instituting criminal proceedings, give the offender written notice to appear before the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction thereof for the non-criminal disposition thereof in accordance with Section 2lD. The provisions of Section 21D are incorporated herein by this reference.
Sections 8.5 to 8.5.2 inserted at April 23, 1990, Annual Town Meeting. Approved by Attorney General James M. Shannon on August 13, 1990.
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