The board of health shall be established for the city and shall be composed of three members, one of whom shall be a physician in good standing and in active practice in the city, whose powers and duties, enumerated in this chapter, shall be subject to the supervision of the State Public Health Advisory Committee. (Prior code § 8-1-1)

The board shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the council at the first meeting in May of each year, and shall hold office until the first Monday in May next following their appointment, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. (Prior code § 8-1-2)

Each member of the board of health, when so appointed, shall file with the municipal finance officer an acceptance in writing of the office as a member of the board of health within ten (10) days after such appointment. (Prior code § 8-1-3)

Should a vacancy occur in the board of health during the year by death, removal or inability of any member of such board to perform the duties of his or her office, the city council shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy until the first Monday in May next following such appointment. (Prior code § 8-1-4)

At the first regular meeting of the board of health, the board shall elect one of their members as the secretary of the board of health. (Prior code § 8-1-5)

It shall be the duty of the secretary to provide the necessary books and card indexes for keeping the records of the meetings and work of the board of health, and to make a report to the governing body on or before the first day of May each year of the work of the board of health together with the recommendations as they may deem important. (Prior code § 8-1-6)

A majority of the members of the board of health shall constitute a quorum for business. The board shall meet together whenever called by the secretary of the board and unless otherwise specified the meetings shall be at the office of the secretary of the board of health. (Prior code § 8-1-7)

The board of health shall exercise a general supervision over the health of the city with full powers to take all steps and measures necessary to promote the cleanliness and healthfulness of the city; to prevent the introduction into the city of malignant, contagious or infectious diseases; and to remove or otherwise take care of any person attacked by such disease; and to adopt in reference to such persons any regulations, rules, or measures deemed advisable. The board of health shall have and exercise a general supervision over the sanitary conditions of the city. (Prior code § 8-1-8)

The board of health shall give the governing body all such advice and information as it may require in regard to the public health; and whenever it shall hear of the existence of any malignant, contagious or pestilential disease, it shall immediately investigate the information and adopt necessary measures to arrest such disease’s progress. The board of health shall exercise general supervision over the sanitary condition of the city and shall enforce all the sanitary laws of the state of South Dakota. (Prior code § 8-1-9)