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2022 SESSION
22105409DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-30 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-30. Local health departments.
Each county and city shall establish and maintain a local
department of health which that shall be headed by a local health
director. Each such local health director shall be a physician licensed to
practice medicine in this the Commonwealth, possess a master's
or doctoral degree in the area of public health and have at least three years
of professional experience in a full-time position in either a public health
agency or public health-related position, or be otherwise qualified for the
position as determined by the Commissioner. If a local health director is not a
physician licensed to practice medicine and there is no licensed physician on
staff, the local health director shall enter into a consulting agreement with a
licensed physician to execute prescribing duties, consult on clinical matters,
and perform all other duties as requested.