The department is authorized, with the consent of the boards of health and the county authorities of the counties involved, to establish health districts composed of one or more counties. The county boards of health of the constituent counties shall, at the call of the commissioner, meet in joint session to approve the selection of a director appointed by the commissioner to serve such boards in common. A county board of health is authorized to appoint one of its members to represent the board at a joint meeting for this purpose. The director shall be a physician who is licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 and who otherwise meets the requirements of the rules of the State Personnel Board. The district director shall have the same powers, duties, and responsibility as a director serving a single county board of health. To further the purposes of this Code section, county boards of health may contract with each other for the provision of multicounty services and also exercise any additional powers as authorized by paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Code Section 31-3-4; and in the performance of such contracts a county board of health may utilize its employees in other counties.
History. Code 1933, § 88-215, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2031, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-36/HB 642.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - County Boards of Health
§ 31-3-2. Composition; Terms of Members
§ 31-3-3. Duty to Inform Department of Membership
§ 31-3-5.1. Conformity Prerequisite to Building Permit
§ 31-3-5.2. Definition of “Gray Water”; Lawful Use
§ 31-3-6. Rules and Regulations of Local Application
§ 31-3-7. Compensation for Members’ Attendance at Meetings
§ 31-3-9. Office Quarters and Equipment
§ 31-3-10. Legal Representation
§ 31-3-11. Appointments of Director and Staff; Supervision
§ 31-3-13. Declaration of Public Policy; Contracts for Assistance to Boards
§ 31-3-14. Financing of Expenses