The State Committee of Public Health shall elect an executive officer who shall be a physician licensed in the State of Alabama to be known as the State Health Officer and shall fix his term of office and salary. The qualifications of this individual shall be determined by the State Committee of Public Health. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the State Health Officer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $5,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. The State Health Officer so elected shall, under the direction of the State Committee of Public Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of the medical employees of the State Committee of Public Health. When the State Committee of Public Health is not in session, the State Health Officer, as executive officer of the Department of Public Health, shall act for said committee and shall have and discharge all the prerogatives and duties of said committee. He shall report his actions to the committee at its next meeting after such action is taken, and such action of the State Health Officer shall then be subject to confirmation or modification by the committee. The State Health Officer shall exercise general supervision over county boards of health and county health officers and promptly report to said county boards of health any delinquencies of official duty on the part of said county health officers which may come to his knowledge, keep himself informed in regard to all diseases which may be in danger of invading the state and, as far as authorized by law, take prompt measures to prevent such invasions and keep the Governor and the Legislature informed as to the health conditions prevailing in the state, especially as to outbreaks of any of the diseases enumerated in Chapter 11 of this title, and submit to the Governor and Legislature such recommendations as he deems proper to control such outbreaks.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.
Section 22-2-1 - State Board of Health - How Constituted.
Section 22-2-2 - State Board of Health - Authority and Jurisdiction.
Section 22-2-3 - State Board of Health - Annual Report to Governor.
Section 22-2-4 - State Committee of Public Health - How Constituted.
Section 22-2-5 - State Committee of Public Health - Prerogatives, Powers and Duties.
Section 22-2-6 - When State Committee to Act for State Board; Meetings of State Committee.
Section 22-2-7 - Annual Report to Legislature by State Committee; Requests by Same for Information.
Section 22-2-8 - State Health Officer.
Section 22-2-11 - Compensation of State Health Department Personnel.
Section 22-2-12 - How Salaries, Costs, and Expenses to Be Paid.
Section 22-2-13 - Recovery of Expenses by Health Officer, Sheriff, or Bond Constable.
Section 22-2-14 - Penalty for Violation of State Board of Health Rules or Regulations.