Sec. 121.0245. DUTIES OF PART-TIME HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) If a physician appointed to serve as health authority for a county serves in that office part-time, the physician may:
(1) coordinate with the director of the local health department for the county in the performance of the duties imposed by Section 121.024(c)(3); and
(2) notify the department that the physician serves part-time in the office of health authority for the county.
(b) If the department provides information to a physician who serves part-time as health authority for a county, the department shall also provide the information to the director of the local health department for the county.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 464), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Local Regulation of Public Health
Chapter 121 - Local Public Health Reorganization Act
Subchapter B. Health Authorities
Section 121.021. Health Authority
Section 121.022. Qualifications
Section 121.023. Term of Office
Section 121.0245. Duties of Part-Time Health Authority
Section 121.025. Removal From Office
Section 121.026. Expiration and Extension of Certain Public Health Orders Issued by Health Authority