Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 12014. Municipalities exempt from jurisdiction of county departments of health

Any municipality having a department or board of health at the time of the establishment of a county department if located in the county in which the municipality is located, or in a county in which part of the municipality is located, shall be exempt from the jurisdiction of the county department of health; except that any municipality in which the local administration of health laws, at the time of the establishment of the county department of health, is being performed by the State Department of Health for any reason whatsoever shall not be exempt from the jurisdiction of the county department of health.