Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 3107 - Entry upon premises(a) Authority.-- (1) This subsection applies to all of the following: (iii) An employee of a board or a health officer.(iv) An agent of a board or health officer.(2) An individual subject to paragraph (1) may, upon order of the board:(i) enter premises in the borough where an infectious or contagious disease or a nuisance detrimental to the public health is suspected; and(ii) examine and abate the disease or nuisance.(b) Warrant.--If entry under subsection (a)(2)(i) is prevented, the board of health or health officer may obtain an administrative search warrant from a magisterial district judge with jurisdiction over the premises upon a showing of any of the following: (1) Reasonable standards and an administrative plan for conducting inspections.(2) The condition of the premises or general area andthe passage of time since the last inspection.(3) Probable cause of a violation of a law specified in section 3106(b) (relating to powers and duties of board).Added by P.L. 432 2014 No. 37, § 1, eff. 6/17/2014.