(a) Duty and Power. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to enter and examine any premises or vessel in port when necessary to secure the public health, to enforce any code section or resolution of the Board of Supervisors pertaining to the public health or when there are reasonable grounds to believe that there exists in any building, upon any premises, or on any railway car or vessel in port any condition dangerous to the public health, any condition which may lead to the spread of communicable disease, or a violation of any Code section or resolution pertaining to the public health.

(b) Notice. The Health Officer, upon presentation of his/her credentials, may enter such building, premises or vessel in port at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed on him/her by law. (Ord. 1228, § 1, 5/16/1978)