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2010 SESSION
HB 1097 Health directors, local; Commissioner of Health may appoint non-physician qualified by experience.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local health directors. Provides that the Commissioner of Health may appoint a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as local health director for a locality that has entered into a contract with the Board of Health for operation of the local health department or as district health director for a health district. This bill requires that when the Commissioner appoints a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as local health director, the local governing body of the county or city shall adopt a resolution affirming the appointment of a non-physician to serve as local health director and agreeing to employ or contract with a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth to carry out public health duties that require a license to practice medicine. When the Commissioner appoints a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as district health director, the local governing body of each county or city included in the health district shall adopt the required resolution.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103417D
- 01/13/10 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/20/10 House: Assigned HWI sub: #1
- 01/26/10 House: Continued to 2011 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote