The salary of the county health officer shall be fixed by the appropriate merit system, and shall be payable from funds available to the county for this purpose; provided, that in those counties in which a budget has been provided and agreed upon by the state, county or other contributing agencies, it may be paid out of said budget, by or under the direction of the State Board of Health, as other claims are paid out of said budget.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 3 - Local Health Authorities.
Section 22-3-1 - County Boards of Health - How Constituted.
Section 22-3-2 - County Boards of Health - Duties Generally.
Section 22-3-4 - County Health Officers - Powers.
Section 22-3-5 - County Health Officers - Duties Generally.
Section 22-3-6 - County Health Officers - Salary.
Section 22-3-7 - County Health Officers - Bond.
Section 22-3-8 - County Quarantine Officers.
Section 22-3-9 - Appointment of Sanitary Officers.
Section 22-3-10 - Tax to Establish and Maintain County Health Officer and Health Department.
Section 22-3-11 - Appropriations by Municipalities for Public Health Work.
Section 22-3-12 - Payment of Health Department Claims, etc., Out of County or Municipal Budgets.