Vermont § 613 - Powers of local board
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 613 — Powers of local board, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 613. Powers of local board
- (a) A local board of health may make and enforce rules in such town or city relating to
the prevention, removal, or destruction of public health hazards and the mitigation
of public health risks, provided that such rules have been approved by the Commissioner.
Such rules shall be posted and published in the same manner that ordinances of the
municipality are required to be posted and published. (b) A local board’s jurisdiction over sewage disposal includes emergent conditions that
create a risk to the public health as a result of sewage treatment and disposal, or
its effects on water supply, but does not include the power to adopt ordinances, rules,
or regulations relating to design standards for on-site sewage disposal systems.
The board may act to abate nuisances affecting public health caused by the failure
of a sewage disposal system to: (1) prevent surfacing of sewage and the creation of a health hazard; or (2) prevent the pollution or contamination of drinking water supplies, groundwater, and
surface water; or (3) maintain sanitary and healthful conditions during operation. (c) All rules or ordinances adopted by a local board of health shall be consistent with
the purposes, policies, and provisions of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1983, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1985, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 54.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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