(a) Administer and enforce ORS 431.001 to 431.550 and 431.990 and any other public health law of this state;
(b) Adopt and update as necessary a local public health modernization assessment;
(c) In consideration of the local public health modernization assessment, adopt, implement, monitor, evaluate and modify as necessary a local public health modernization plan that includes:
(A) A plan for applying the foundational capabilities established under ORS 431.131 and implementing the foundational programs established under ORS 431.141 as required by ORS 431.417; and
(B) Any other local public health program or activity that the local public health authority considers necessary to protect the public health and safety;
(d) Coordinate with coordinated care organizations as defined in ORS 414.025 and Early Learning Hubs as defined in ORS 417.827;
(e) Impose civil penalties adopted under ORS 431.415 (1)(c) and enforce the ordinances and rules adopted under ORS 431.415 (1)(b); and
(f) Perform any other duty imposed on local public health authorities by law.
(2) A local public health authority may perform the duties described in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) As an individual county, even if the local public health authority is a health district formed under ORS 431.443 or an intergovernmental entity that provides public health services pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 190.010 (5);
(b) Jointly with any other county pursuant to an agreement between the counties, for any individual public health program or activity; or
(c) As a health district formed under ORS 431.443 or an intergovernmental entity that provides public health services pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 190.010 (5).
(3) A local public health authority may contract with a person to perform a public health service or activity, or to perform all public health services and activities, that the local public health authority is required to perform under ORS 431.001 to 431.550 and 431.990 or under any other public health law of this state, except that the person with whom the local public health authority contracts may not perform any function, duty or power of the local public health authority related to governance. [Formerly 431.416]
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