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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62729,"section_number":"32.1-30","catch_line":"Local health departments","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-30\/"},{"id":78473,"section_number":"32.1-32","catch_line":"Independent local health departments","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-32\/"}],"permalink":{"id":151647,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60060,"identifier":"15.2-534","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-534","url":"\/15.2-534\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-534\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-534","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of health","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The department of health shall consist of the health director, who shall be appointed as provided in the applicable provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 32.1-30<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 and who shall be head thereof, and the other officers and employees of such department. The head of the department shall exercise the powers conferred and shall perform the duties imposed upon the local health director by general law<\/span>, not inconsistent herewith. He shall also perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board or, if the health department is operated under contract<\/span> with the State Board of Health, as specified in such contract<\/span>.\n\t\tIf the board of county<\/span> supervisors<\/span> appoints a local board of health as provided in \u00a7 32.1-32<\/a>, it shall consist of two qualified citizens of the county<\/span>, who shall serve without pay, and the county<\/span> health director. Such board may adopt necessary rules and regulations, not in conflict with law<\/span>, concerning the department. The board of health may at any time be abolished by the board of county<\/span> supervisors<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (\u00a7 15.2-534)\n\nThe department of health shall consist of the health director, who shall be\nappointed as provided in the applicable provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 32.1-30 et\nseq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 and who shall be head thereof, and the other\nofficers and employees of such department. The head of the department shall\nexercise the powers conferred and shall perform the duties imposed upon the\nlocal health director by general law, not inconsistent herewith. He shall also\nperform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board or, if the\nhealth department is operated under contract with the State Board of Health, as\nspecified in such contract.\n\t\tIf the board of county supervisors appoints a local board of health as\nprovided in \u00a7 32.1-32, it shall consist of two qualified citizens of the\ncounty, who shall serve without pay, and the county health director. Such board\nmay adopt necessary rules and regulations, not in conflict with law, concerning\nthe department. The board of health may at any time be abolished by the board of\ncounty supervisors.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-294; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-611; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c.\n587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}