Local health director; qualifications. Amends the qualification requirements for local health directors to provide that a person may be a local health director if he possess a master's or doctoral degree in the area of public health and has at least three years of professional experience in a full-time position in either a public health agency or public health-related position or is otherwise qualified for the position as determined by the Commissioner of Health. Currently, only a person who is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth may be a local health director. The bill provides that if a local health director is not a physician licensed to practice medicine and there is no licensed physician on staff, the local health director shall enter into a consulting agreement with a licensed physician to execute prescribing duties, consult on clinical matters, and perform all other duties as requested.

Statutes affected:
Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100567D: 32.1-30
Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105409D-S1: 32.1-30
House: Committee substitute printed 22107305D-H1: 32.1-30
Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB192ER): 32.1-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804): 32.1-30