Bill Text: VA SB192 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health director, local; qualifications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804) [SB192 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-SB192-Chaptered.html
Be 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 (i) be a physician
licensed to practice medicine in this the Commonwealth, (ii)
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 (iii) 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.
