TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH
§ 2625. Board of Health and Environmental Quality: Duties. (a) The Board of Health and Environmental Quality shall be the policydetermining body of the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services. The board shall adopt regulations governing public health and environmental quality and may include within its regulations all matters affecting health within the Commonwealth and within the functional jurisdiction of the department. The board in its regulations may establish a system of compliance and enforcement and a system of self-inspection. The department is responsible for implementation and administrative actions pursuant to the regulations of the board. (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the board shall serve as a representative body with respect to federal environmental protection requirements. For the purpose of complying with federal requirements, the Office of Planning and Budgeting shall serve as a state health and environmental planning agency and shall provide health and environmental planning support to the Board of Health and Environmental Quality. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 12, § 12. Commission Comment: With respect to the references to the “Board of Health and Environmental Quality,” the “Department of Public Health and Environmental Services” and the “Office of Planning and Budgeting,” see Executive Order 94-3 (effective August 23, 1994), reorganizing the executive branch, changing agency names and official titles, and effecting other changes, set forth in the Commission comment to 1 CMC § 2001; see also the comment to 1 CMC § 2601.