Together with the town's health director, the board enforces sanitary codes and regulations. It conducts inspections and issues permits for various food establishments, businesses, and institutions. The board develops and enforces tobacco related policies. The Board of Health sponsors a flu clinic and a rabies clinic each year, and serves as a resource for the Town for health promotion activities and technical assistance. The board consists of five members appointed by the Board of Selectmen for three-year, staggered terms.
Members serve without compensation.