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The head of the department shall exercise the powers conferred and shall perform the duties imposed upon the local health director by general law, 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 with the State Board of Health, as may be specified in such contract.\n\t\tIf the board appoints a local board of health as provided in \u00a7 32.1-32, it shall consist of two qualified citizens of the county, who shall serve without pay, and the county health director. Such board shall have power to adopt necessary rules and regulations, not in conflict with law, concerning the department. 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It has been modified 5 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 1966, chapter 304; in 1975, chapter 575; in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">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":151807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78389,"identifier":"15.2-629","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-629","url":"\/15.2-629\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-629\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-629","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department and board of health","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-629","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The department of health shall consist of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> health director, who shall be appointed as provided in the applicable provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Local health departments\" href=\"\/32.1-30\/\">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. 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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\nmay be specified in such contract.\n\t\tIf the board appoints a local board of health as provided in \u00a7 32.1-32, it\nshall consist of two qualified citizens of the county, who shall serve without\npay, and the county health director. Such board shall have power to adopt\nnecessary rules and regulations, not in conflict with law, concerning the\ndepartment. The board of health may at any time be abolished by the board of\nsupervisors.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-326; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-646; 1966, c. 304; 1975, c.\n575; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.","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}}