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Local He~*lth Depart)ne)its.
<br /> ~ 130-13, Pr~Jvision o~ public health services. -- la~ E'aeh county shall
<br /> make public health services available to its residents. Counties may furnish
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<br /> State for provision of services or hy operating, jointly with other counties, a
<br /> district health department.
<br /> Ib~ Where a county furnishes public heahh services by oi~erating a comely
<br /> health department, the policy-making body for the termly health department
<br /> shall be a county board of health con\posed of nine members appoieted by the
<br /> board of county commissioners, open coosuhation with tho local health
<br /> director.
<br /> (c) The county hoard of health shall include: one licensed physician, one
<br /> icensed dentist, one licensed pharmacist, one county eom.mis, sioner,, and fly}
<br /> persons appointed from the general public. County commissioners terms o
<br /> office as members of county boards of health shall be concurrent with their
<br /> terms of office as county commissioners. Whee the county .eommt?toner
<br /> member of the board of health ceases to be a county comm~sstoner mr any
<br /> reason, his appointment as a member of the board of health shall also cease,
<br /> the board of county commissioners during the r next meeting shall appoint
<br /> another commissioner to the board oi' health. In the event there ts not a licensed
<br /> physician, dentist et pharmacist in the count:)', or if no physician, dentist, or
<br /> pharmacist therein will serve on the board, then an additional rr ember from the
<br /> genera .public shall be appointed; but f a licensed physician, dentist or
<br /> pharmamst later becomes availab e for appo ntment he may'be appointed to the
<br /> board in place of such member from the general public. All vacancies in the
<br /> county board of health occurring from any cause shall be filled by appointment
<br /> of the county board of eommisstoners, an~ the person appointed shall serve for
<br /> the unexpired portion of 'the term. .
<br /> (dl The composition of thd local bbard shall reasonably reflect the popelation
<br /> makeup of the entire county.
<br /> (e) Me{nbers of county boards of health shall serve three-year terms, but no
<br /> to establish a unit'orm staggered-term structure for a county board of health
<br /> whereby three members' terms will expire, finch year,, th~sba%}~do&t~%Uonot~n
<br /> commissioners of any county without such unltorm structure , la'
<br />'~[~expiration of the term of any board of health member, to reappoint the member
<br /> or appoint his'successor to a one-year or a two-year term as' appropriate to
<br /> achieve the uniform staggered-term structure. Any subsequent appomtmente
<br /> for such member or his successor shall be for three-year mrms.
<br /> (1973, c. 1151; 1975, c. 272; 1979, c. 621.)
<br /> (fl The county board of health shall elect its own chairman annually. The
<br /> county health director shall serve as secretary to tile county board of health. A
<br /> majority of the members shall constitete a quorem.
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<br /> employees. ( 1901, c. 245, s~ 3: Rev.. s. 4.144:1911. c. 62. s. 9: C. S.. s. 760.i: 1931: c.
<br /> 1.19; 19-11. c. 185; 1945, c. 99: c. 1030. s. 2: 19.17. c. -17-L s. 3: 1951. c. 92; 1957. c.
<br /> h~\~J357, s. h 1963. c. 359: 1967. c. 1224. s. l: 1969. c. 7]9. s. h 1971. c. 175. s. l: 1973.
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<br /> Editor's Note, -- As the rest of the section was not changed
<br /> · he second 1~73 a~eedmeht added the second the amendmenCs, only subsections (¢] and lc) are
<br /> and Udrd seh~nees o£ subsection (e), set out,
<br /> T~e 1~75 amendment added the present Subsection(e),nsrewrincnbySessionLnws
<br /> second and third senmnces of subsection (c). 1973, Chapter 137, is not retroactive. Opinion el
<br /> The 1979 amendment added the second AttorneyGeneralto.Mr. CliftonL. Moore. Jr.,44
<br /> sentence to subsection ICL N.G.A.G. 225 (19751.
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