(a) The mayor or county judge of any city or county that is providing facilities for a local unit of the Department of Health shall be consulted before the hiring of or the removal of the administrator of the local unit.
(b) Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., the department with the consent of the employee may share personnel information with a mayor or county judge.
(c) Furthermore, any employee removed as administrator of a local unit shall be allowed to participate in the state grievance process.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-7-101. Violations — Penalties
§ 20-7-102. Members — Appointment
§ 20-7-103. Members — Officers
§ 20-7-104. Members — Compensation
§ 20-7-107. Appointment of assistant director
§ 20-7-108. Engagement of certain personnel
§ 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health — Exceptions
§ 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases
§ 20-7-111. Administration of certain federal acts
§ 20-7-114. Public health laboratory
§ 20-7-115. Transportation of dead bodies
§ 20-7-117. Hospices — Definition — State Hospice Office — Creation
§ 20-7-118. Annual conference for health officers
§ 20-7-119. Identification tags and bracelets
§ 20-7-120. No right to enter home or take charge of children
§ 20-7-122. Reports for general distribution
§ 20-7-124. Disposition of certain fees
§ 20-7-125. Payment of certain salaries and expenses
§ 20-7-126. Payment of overtime for home health employees
§ 20-7-128. Maintenance fee for breath-testing instruments
§ 20-7-129. Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services
§ 20-7-130. Recovery of expenditures for extraordinary operations
§ 20-7-131. Local control of county or city units of Department of Health
§ 20-7-132. Guidelines for cleanup of clandestine methamphetamine labs
§ 20-7-133. Child Health Advisory Committee — Creation
§ 20-7-135. Nutrition and physical activity standards — Implementation
§ 20-7-136. Statewide fluoridation program — Definition