§ 8-26. Local health authority.

(a)

The county health officer or the city is hereby designated as the local health authority for the purposes of these rules.

(b)

The local health authority shall have the duty to enforce:

(1)

The state rabies control law, V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 826;

(2)

The rules of the state board of health which comprise the minimum standards for rabies control;

(3)

The city rules to control rabies adopted in this article; and

(4)

The rules adopted by the state board of health under the area quarantine provisions of the rabies control law, V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 826.

(Code 1978, § 4-17; Code 1993, § 10-29)