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ORDINANCE NO. f ~ ~] ~P ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH PROVIDING
FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FORT WORTH HEALTH
AUTHORITY; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMLATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
Dr Bnan Rogers, D O a competent physician with a reputable professional
standing, who is legally qualified to practice medicine in the State of Texas, and who is a
resident of the State of Texas, is hereby appointed health authority of the City of Fort Worth,
effective upon approval by the City of Fort Worth City Council, to serve for two years upon
approval of City Council, unless sooner removed by a ma~onty vote of the City Council.
Dr Rogers shall take the official oath of office as required by Section 121 022 (b)
(1) of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and shall file a copy of the oath and this
appointment v~nth the Texas Board of Health.
SECTION 2.
Tlvs ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are m direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, m
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconshtuhonality shall not affect any of the remauung phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the mcorporahon in this ordinance of any such unconstituhonalphcase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
Tliis ordinance shall be in full force and effect after rts passage as required by law,
and it is so ordained.
APPROV AS TO FO AND LEGALITY
ASSIST T CITY ATTORNEY
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
n~Ayar And C,aunc~l Cammun~cAt~an
DATE
416!99 REFERENCE NUMBER
G-12533 LOG NAME
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SUBJECT APPOINTMENT OF HEALTH AUTHORITY
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance appointing Dr Brian Rogers,
M D , as health authority for the City of Fort Worth
DISCUSSION
Under the Health and Safety Code, the director of the Public Health Department, who is not a
physician, must appoint a health authority for the jurisdiction it serves A health authority is a physician
whose duties include establishing, maintaining and enforcing quarantine laws in the City; reporting the
presence of contagious, infectious and dangerous epidemic diseases in the City to the Texas Board of
Health, and enforcement of sanitation laws, quarantine rules and vital statistic collection within the City
Dr Brian Rogers has agreed to serve as the City's Health Authority for $12,000 per year
In addition to the functions already listed, Dr Rogers' primary function as Health Authority wilt be to
implement new protocols established by the Police, Fire, Marshal, Health and Law departments for
emergency personnel who may be exposed to a contagious disease while performing their duties
Under new protocols, Dr Rogers or his designee will be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days
a week to any emergency personnel who may be exposed to a contagious disease while performing his
or her duty, to make a determination as to whether mandatory testing for a contagious disease should
be initiated
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that funds are available in the current operating budget, as appropriated,
of the General Fund
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
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Libby Watson 6183 ~~~
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Origmatmg Department Head: "
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Bob Ga1van 6183 (from) A~
GG01 539120 0501000 $12,000 00
Additional Information Contact: ~ ""~J
Cu9 Secretary of t!-u
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