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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="5-209" title_number="5" title_name="Powers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Enumeration of Express Law Making Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not affect any public general law or public local law relating to health or the powers and duties of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary of Health; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county board of health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A municipality may appoint a board of health and establish its powers and duties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish quarantine regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>authorize the removal or confinement of individuals having infectious or contagious diseases;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>prevent and remove nuisances;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the municipality; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>regulate any place where noxious things are manufactured, offensive trades are conducted, or that may cause unsanitary conditions or conditions detrimental to health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>regulate or prohibit the throwing or depositing of dirt, garbage, trash, or liquids in a public place; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide for the proper disposal of these materials.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>regulate the interment of bodies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>control the location and establishment of cemeteries.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
