Bill Text: VA SB192 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 192 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on January 27, 2022) (Patrons Prior to Substitute--Senators Mason and Locke [SB 617]) A BILL to amend and reenact §32.1-30 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local health director; qualifications.

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 be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this the Commonwealth, 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 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.