New Franklin Board of Health ordinance (§ 135.020)

A. The Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, shall at the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen in April each year or as soon as practicable thereafter appoint a City Board of Health which shall consist of two (2) members of the Board of Aldermen and two (2) interested citizens and who shall hold their office for the period of one (1) year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. The City Chief of Police shall also be a member of said Board.

B. The Board of Health shall exercise a general supervision over the health of the City. It shall be their duty to recommend to the Board of Aldermen the adoption of such ordinances as they may deem necessary to improve and advance the sanitary conditions of the City; to recommend to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen the adoption of any rules they deem wise or expedient for the protection and preservation of the health of the citizens of said City; they shall have authority to enter into or upon any premises within this City where there is reason to suspect the existence of any nuisance which affects or is likely to affect the health of citizens and to order such nuisance abated. They shall provide suitable medical attention and care for and establish a sufficient quarantine of every person within the jurisdiction of the City who has been exposed to or is infected with any contagious and dangerous disease and against every such person without the jurisdiction of the City and when they deem any general quarantine of the City necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of any contagious disease, they shall immediately report such fact to the Board of Aldermen with their recommendations regarding the same.

C. When any nuisance punishable under a City ordinance is not abated within the time allowed by ordinance or by order of the Board of Health after service of written notice from said Board for the abatement of same, the Chief of Police shall immediately file complaint before the Municipal Judge against the party or parties creating or maintaining such nuisance to be dealt with for violation of such ordinance.

D. All persons are required to obey the orders, precepts and requirements of the Board of Health and the officers of the City when called upon by the Mayor shall assist in the execution of the orders of said Board.