Bill Text: MI HB5355 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health: local health departments; removal of county health department officers; provide for. Amends sec. 2428 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2428).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-05 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/30/2021 [HB5355 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5355-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5355
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 2428 (MCL 333.2428).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2428. (1) A local health department shall have a full-time local health officer appointed by the local governing entity or in case of a district health department by the district board of health. The local health officer shall possess professional qualifications for administration of a local health department as prescribed by the department.
(2) The local health officer shall act as the administrative officer of the board of health and local health department and may take actions and make determinations necessary or appropriate to carry out the local health department's functions under this part or functions delegated under this part and to protect the public health and prevent disease.
(3) A local health officer serves at the pleasure of the local governing entity or in the case of a district health department the district board of health. A local health officer may be removed from office by a majority vote of the local governing entity or in the case of a district health department by a majority vote of the district board of health.
