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11 PA Cons Stat § 12104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12104 - Fire marshal

§ 12104. Fire marshal. (a) General rule.--A city may, by ordinance, provide for the creation of the office of fire marshal who shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the approval and consent of council, biennially.  (b) Powers.-- (1) The fire marshal and any authorized assistant shall inspect all construction or buildings within the city or upon property owned or controlled by the city or a municipal authority of the city within this Commonwealth and shall enforce all laws of this Commonwealth and ordinances of the city relating to the construction or buildings, for the prevention, containment or investigation of fire and fire hazards, both as to the construction or buildings and as to their contents or occupancies.  (2) The fire marshal or the fire marshal's assistants shall report to the director of public safety or to council or other designated official, as council shall by ordinance provide, any faulty or dangerous construction or building or like condition in any building that may constitute a fire hazard or any proposed use or occupation of any construction, building or premises which would create or increase a hazard of fire.  (3) The fire marshal shall investigate and keep a permanent record of the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire and the damage resulting from the fire occurring within the fire marshal's jurisdiction immediately after the occurrence of the fire.  (4) The records of the fire marshal shall be open to public inspection, except as exempted in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. The fire marshal shall submit to council an annual report consolidating the information contained in the records as directed by council.  (5) If a fire is deemed suspicious, the fire marshal shall have the authority to investigate the fire.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12105 - Obstructing fire marshal

§ 12105. Obstructing fire marshal. (a) General rule.--It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or prevent or attempt to obstruct or prevent the fire marshal in the discharge of the fire marshal's duties.  (b) Penalties.--Council may, by ordinance, establish the types or grades of the criminal conduct and may establish fines or imprisonment, or both, for the violations. No fine may exceed $1,000 for any single violation, and no imprisonment shall exceed 90 days.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12106 - Investigation of cause of fire and power of mayor

§ 12106. Investigation of cause of fire and power of mayor. The mayor of any city may issue a subpoena in the name of the Commonwealth to an individual requiring the attendance of the individual before the mayor or the fire marshal at the time and place as may be named in the subpoena, then and there to testify, under oath or affirmation, which the fire marshal in the absence of the mayor is empowered to administer, as to:  (1) the origin of any fire occurring within the bounds of the city; and (2) any facts or circumstances that may be deemed important to secure the detection and conviction of any party guilty of the offense of arson or attempted arson.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12107 - Fire chief ex-officio fire marshal

§ 12107. Fire chief ex-officio fire marshal. The fire chief of a city shall be ex-officio fire marshal if the office is not separately filled pursuant to ordinance in the city, and, in that case, all the powers and duties given to or imposed upon the fire marshal under this chapter shall be enjoyed and exercised by the fire chief.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12108 - Compensation insurance for injured volunteer firefighters or special fire police

§ 12108. Compensation insurance for injured volunteer firefighters or special fire police. A city may make appropriations to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firefighters killed or injured while engaged in the performance of their duties or as special fire police.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12109 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12109 - Salary of nonunion city fire officers

§ 12109. Salary of nonunion city fire officers. A fire chief or head of a fire department of a city who has been removed from bargaining units under the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, by rulings of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board shall receive not less than the same dollar increase, including fringe benefits but excluding overtime and holiday pay, as received by the highest-ranking fire officer participating in the bargaining unit.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12203 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12203 - Survey of mines

§ 12203. Survey of mines. (a) General rule.--For the purpose of conducting a survey as may be required by council, the city engineer or other registered professional engineer employed by the city may:  (1) enter and survey a mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, at all reasonable times, either by day or night, without impeding or obstructing the workings of the mine or colliery; and  (2) take with them other persons necessary for the purpose of making a survey. (b) Duty to provide entry, survey and exit.--The owner, operator or superintendent of the mine or colliery shall furnish the means necessary for the entry, survey and exit.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12204 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12204 - Operators to furnish maps and contents

§ 12204. Operators to furnish maps and contents. The owner, operator or superintendent of a coal mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, shall, at the request of council, make or cause to be made and furnished to the city engineer an accurate map or plan of the workings or excavations of each coal mine or colliery within the limits of the city.    Cross References. Section 12204 is referred to in section 12205 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12205 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12205 - Extensions to be placed on maps

§ 12205. Extensions to be placed on maps. (a) Duty to update.--Not less than once every three months, a map that has been provided to a city, at the request of council, pursuant to section 12204 (relating to operators to furnish maps and contents) shall be updated at the direction of the mine owner, operator or superintendent.  (b) Contents.--The updated map shall show all the extensions made in any mine within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, and not already so placed upon the map, except those made within 30 days immediately preceding the time of placing the extensions upon the map.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12206 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12206 - Certain surface supports not to be removed

§ 12206. Certain surface supports not to be removed. It shall be unlawful for an individual, partnership, association or corporation to dig, mine, remove or carry away the coal, rock, earth or other minerals or materials forming the natural support of the surface beneath the streets and places of a city to an extent and in a manner as to remove the necessary support of the surface, without having first placed or constructed an artificial permanent support sufficient to uphold and preserve the stability of the surfaces of the streets and places.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12207 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12207 - Penalty for surface support violations

§ 12207. Penalty for surface support violations. An individual, corporation or association violating the provisions of this chapter concerning surface support of streets and places within the city commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each day in which the violation continues shall constitute an additional and separate offense.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12209 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas|Section 12209 - Enactment of ordinances

§ 12209. Enactment of ordinances. Council may enact ordinances necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and provide penalties for the violation.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12300 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12300 - Definitions

§ 12300. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Public nuisance" or "nuisance." A nuisance detrimental to the public health, unless a different meaning is specified.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12301 - Board of health

§ 12301. Board of health. A city shall have a board of health. Council may, by ordinance, create a board of health or council shall be the board of health. If council is the board of health, members of council shall receive no additional compensation for serving on the board.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12302 - Members of appointed boards of health

§ 12302. Members of appointed boards of health. (a) General rule.--Council shall appoint five members to a board of health created by ordinance. Appointed members shall serve without compensation. Except in the case of an appointed member who is a licensed or certified health care professional with a principal office in the city, members of the appointed board of health must be residents of the city.  (b) Qualifications.-- (1) Two members of the board must be licensed or certified health care professionals, unless council cannot identify two professionals who are willing to serve, in which case, one member must be a licensed or certified health care professional.  (2) If no licensed or certified health care professional can be identified to serve on the board, council may appoint an individual who has experience or is knowledgeable of public health issues.  (c) Licensure and certification required.--Health care professionals pursuant to this section must be licensed or certified by:  (1) the State Board of Medicine; (2) the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators; (3) the State Board of Podiatry; (4) the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; (5) the State Board of Occupational Therapy Education and Licensure; (6) the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; (7) the State Board of Pharmacy; (8) the State Board of Physical Therapy; (9) the State Board of Nursing; (10) the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors;  (11) the State Board of Chiropractic; (12) the State Board of Dentistry; (13) the State Board of Optometry; (14) the State Board of Psychology; or (15) the State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language and Audiology. (d) Terms.--After the creation of the board, for initial membership, council shall, by ordinance, designate one appointee for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years. For subsequent membership, one member of the board shall be appointed annually to serve for a term of five years from the first Monday of January succeeding the member's appointment.  (e) Removal.--Council may remove appointed members of the board for official misconduct or neglect of duty.  (f) Vacancies.--A vacancy on an appointed board shall be filled by council. Council shall appoint a qualified individual to membership on the board for the unexpired term of the individual whose membership had been vacated.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12303 - Oath of office

§ 12303. Oath of office. (a) General rule.--Each member of the board of health shall take the oath of office prescribed in section 10905 (relating to oath of office, violation of oath and penalty).  (b) Organization.--The board of health shall organize annually on the first Monday of January and shall elect a president annually from among its members.  (c) Appointment of secretary.--Council shall appoint a secretary of the board of health who is not a member of the board of health. The secretary shall receive a salary as approved by council.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12304 - Duties of secretary

§ 12304. Duties of secretary. The secretary of the board shall: (1) Keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board and accurate accounts of the expenditures of the board.  (2) Draw all requisitions for the payment of money on account of the board of health from appropriations made by council to the board and shall present the requisitions to the president of the board for the president's approval.  (3) Render statements of the expenditures to the board at each stated meeting or as frequently as the board may require.  (4) Prepare, under the direction of the board, the annual report to council, together with the estimate of appropriations needed for the ensuing year.  (5) Make reports to the Department of Health as required by law, rule or regulation of the department.  (6) Make other reports and perform other duties as required by law or by the board of health.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12305 - Health officer

§ 12305. Health officer. (a) Selection and oath.-- (1) Council shall, by ordinance, determine the manner and method of selection of a health officer who shall be an individual with experience or training in public health work and who shall be or shall become certified for the office of health officer by the State Department of Health within six months of taking the oath of office.  (2) The health officer shall take the oath required of members of the board. (3) The health officer shall be the agent of the board of health but shall not serve as a member of the board of health.  (b) Qualifications.-- (1) Council may appoint, as the principal health officer of the city, the manager or chief administrator employed and compensated by a nonprofit corporation which may be appointed as a board of health in accordance with Subchapter C (relating to corporations acting as boards of health).  (2) The manager or chief administrator, to be eligible for appointment, must be a reputable physician with at least five years' experience in the practice of the physician's profession or in public health work.  (3) The principal health officer, appointed pursuant to this subsection, shall have all the powers, authority and duties prescribed by law upon principal health officers.    Cross References. Section 12305 is referred to in section 12333 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12306 - Duties of health officer

§ 12306. Duties of health officer. (a) General rule.--The health officer shall:  (1) Attend all regular and special meetings of the board of health. (2) Be available for the prompt performance of the health officer's official duties. (3) Quarantine places of communicable diseases in accordance with law and with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health or of the city board of health.  (4) Execute all laws, rules and regulations for the disinfection of quarantined places. (5) Serve written notice on teachers and persons in charge of public, parochial, Sunday and other schools requiring the exclusion of children from school who are suffering from or who reside with individuals who are suffering from communicable diseases.  (6) Make sanitary inspections subject to constitutional standards in a similar manner as provided in section 12308 (relating to powers of board of health).  (7) Execute the orders of the board of health and all other laws, rules, regulations and orders pertaining to the health officer's office.  (b) Issuance of citations.--The health officer shall, to the extent the health officer's duties allow, have the power to issue citations for the violation of applicable laws or ordinances.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12307 - Duties of board of health

§ 12307. Duties of board of health. (a) General rule.--The board of health shall prevent or diminish the introduction or further spread of infectious or contagious diseases and otherwise to protect and increase the public health by:  (1) regulating access to places of infection or contagion; (2) isolating carriers of infection or contagion or individuals who have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease;  (3) abating or removing all nuisances which the board deems prejudicial to the public health; and  (4) enforcing vaccination laws. (5) promulgating regulations, as it deems proper, for the preservation or improvement of public health, consistent with this chapter and the laws of this Commonwealth.  (b) Enforcement.--In carrying out its duties under this chapter, the board of health shall, if authorized, enforce the laws of this Commonwealth that are relevant to and relate to its duties.  (c) Transmittal of information.--The board of health shall transmit to the Department of Health all of its reports and publications and other information regarding public health in the city as may be requested or required by the department.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12308 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12308 - Powers of board of health

§ 12308. Powers of board of health. The board of health shall: (1) If authorized by council, employ agents and employees at rates of compensation approved by council.  (2) Enter upon any premises within the city, as a body or by committee or by its agents or employees, which are suspected of infectious or contagious disease or of any other nuisance prejudicial to the public health or which pose danger, for the purpose of examining the premises or of preventing, confining or abating public nuisances. The following apply:  (i) In the event that entry upon any premises is refused by an owner, an agent of an owner or tenant, the board of health shall obtain an administrative search warrant from a magisterial district judge within the judicial district where the premises to be inspected is located.  (ii) It shall be sufficient to support the issuance of a warrant for the board of health to provide to the magisterial district judge evidence of any of the following:  (A) Reasonable standards and an administrative plan for conducting inspections. (B) The condition of the premises or general area and the passage of time since the last inspection.  (C) Facts, supported by an oath or affirmation, alleging that probable cause exists that a law, regulation or ordinance subject to enforcement by the board of health has been violated.  (3) Conduct investigations and hold public hearings in the performance of its duties and powers. In a hearing under this paragraph, the president and secretary of the board may administer oaths and affirmations, but shall receive no fee for administration, and the board of health may require the attendance of witnesses and their books and papers in accordance with section 10917 (relating to powers of subpoena and compelling testimony).  (4) Publish and enforce its rules and regulations as approved by council. (5) If approved by council, provide for or cooperate in providing for general and gratuitous vaccination, disinfection and other public health control programs and make medical relief available to benefit public health.  (6) Provide, in accordance with Subchapter B (relating to public nuisances detrimental to public health), for the prevention, abatement and removal of conditions found to be detrimental to public health as public nuisances or to declare and certify to council that the premises or places harboring the detrimental condition are public, not private, nuisances.    Cross References. Section 12308 is referred to in sections 12306, 127A02, 127A04, 141A04, 141A05 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12309 - Effect of rules and regulations

§ 12309. Effect of rules and regulations. Rules and regulations adopted by the board of health shall be presented to council for its approval subject to the following:  (1) Council may approve, by ordinance, the rules and regulations submitted by the board of health.  (2) Upon approval by council, the rules and regulations of the board of health shall have the force and effect of ordinances of the city.  (3) The ordinance approving the rules and regulations may incorporate them by reference. (4) Council shall provide a place for the public to view the rules and regulations. (5) The ordinance approving the rules and regulations shall prescribe the penalties, fines or imprisonment for violations.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12310 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12310 - Fees and penalties

§ 12310. Fees and penalties. All fees and penalties collected or received by the board of health or a board officer acting in an official capacity shall be paid to the city treasurer for use by the city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12311 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12311 - Proceedings of board of health to be public

§ 12311. Proceedings of board of health to be public. The proceedings of the board of health shall be public and its journal of proceedings shall be open to public inspection.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12320 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 123 - Public Health|Section 12320 - Determination of public nuisances

§ 12320. Determination of public nuisances. (a) General rule.--A condition or usage in a city, whether public or private, determined by the board of health to be detrimental to the public health shall constitute a public nuisance.  (b) Powers.--The powers of investigation and entering upon premises vested in the board of health and its agents and employees pursuant to its orders shall be available for the determination of public nuisances.