                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER; COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH (§ 15.2-411)

The county health officer shall be chosen by the board of county supervisors
from a list of eligibles furnished by the State Board of Health. He shall
exercise all the powers conferred and shall perform all the duties imposed upon
the local health officer and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon
him by the board of county supervisors. The board of county supervisors may
select two qualified citizens of the county, who shall serve without pay, and
who together with the county health officer shall constitute the county board of
health. Such board shall advise and cooperate with the county health officer.
The board may at any time be abolished by the board of county supervisors. The
board of county supervisors may, in lieu of establishing a local board of health
as herein provided, operate its health department as a part of a State Board of
Health district.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-373; 1950, p. 696; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-709; 1997, c.
587.