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Health and Safety HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 190

HOUSE BILL NO. 1418

(Representatives Devlin, Weisz)

(Senator Lee)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualifications of the state health officer.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

123 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 23-01-05 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

23-01-05. Health officer - Qualifications, salary, term, duties - Advisory committee.

The governor shall appoint the state health officer who at the time of appointment must have hadbe a physician with substantive private or public administrative experience and demonstrated experience in the management of peoplepublic health experience. The state health officer is entitled to receive a salary commensurate with that person'sindividual's training and experience. The governor shall set the salary of the state health officer within the limits of legislative appropriations to the department. The state health officer is entitled to receive all necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of official business. The state health officer may not engage in any other occupation or business that may conflict with the statutory duties of the state health officer and holds office for a term of four years beginning January 1, 1993. The state health officer is the administrative officer of the state department of health. If the governor does not appoint as state health officer a physician licensed in this stateWhen the office of the state health officer is temporarily filled, the governor shall appoint at least three licensed physicians recommended by the state medical association to serve as an advisory committee to the state health officer. Each member of the advisory committee is entitled to receive reimbursement of expenses in performing official duties in amounts provided by law for other state officers. The term of the advisory committee coincides with the term of the state health officer. A committee member serves at the pleasure of the governor. The duties of the state health officer are as follows:

1. Enforce all rules and regulations as promulgated by the health council.

2. Hold public health unit boards of health responsible for enforcement of state rules, serve in an advisory capacity to public health unit boards of health, and provide for coordination of health activities.

123 Section 23-01-05 was also amended by section 1 of House Bill No. 1118, chapter 191, section 107 of House Bill No. 1247, chapter 352, section 3 of House Bill No. 1410, chapter 92, and section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2181, chapter 192.