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gooK 15 4549 O i l -2- Section 7: A member may receive a per diem and reimbursement for subsistence and travel in an amount established by the county Board of Commissioners. Section 8: Special meetings of the Board of Health shall be held at a time and place designated by the officer calling the same and shall be called by the chairperson or three of the members. Written notice shall be given to all the members not less than forty-eight hours in advance thereof. Article III. Powers and Duties of the Board of Health Section 1: The Board of Health shall have the responsibility to protect and promote the public health. The Board shakL:.have the authority to adopt rules necessary for that purpose:-_, Section 2: The local Board of Health may adopt a more stringent rule in an area regulated by the Commission for Health Services or the Environmental Management Commission where, in the opinion of the local Board of Health, a more stringent rule is required to protect the public health; otherwise, the rules of the Commission for Health Services or the rules of the Environmental Management Commission shall prevail over local Board of Health rules. However, the local Board of Health may not adopt a rule concerning the grading and permitting of food and lodging facilities as listed in the General Statutes of North Carolina and the local Board of Health may adopt rules concerning sanitary sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems which are not designed to discharge effluent to the land surface or surface waters and which are :not public or community systems only in accordance with General Statute 130A-335 (c). Section 3: The rules of the local Board of Health shall apply to all municipalities within the local Board's jurisdiction. Section 4: Not less than ten (10) days before the adoption, amendment or repeal of any local Board of Health rule, the proposed rules shall be made available at the office of each clerk within the Boards jurisdiction, and a notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the area of the Board's jurisdiction. The notice shall contain a statement of the substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved, the proposed effective date of the rule and a statement that copies of the proposed are available at the local Health Department. A local Board of Health rule shall become effective upon adoption unless a later effective date is specified in the rule. Section 5: Copies of all rules shall be filed with the secretary of the local Board of Health.