# Montgomery County Code — Part II. Local Laws, Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc.

## Chapter 2. Administration.

### Article Iv. Legislative Branch.

#### Division 1. Generally.

**Sec. 2-65. Board of health designated.**

  (a)   The County Council is, and may act as, the County Board of Health.

  (b)   When meeting as the Board of Health, the County Council has all the powers delegated to a local board of health under State and County law.

  (c)   The County Council, meeting as the Board of Health, may adopt any regulation which a local board of health is authorized to adopt.  Before it adopts a regulation, the Board must hold a public hearing after giving reasonable notice, as specified in the Council Rules of Procedure, to each municipality in the County and the public.