§ 68-2-703. District Health Director — District Health Officer
District health departments shall be headed by, and under the immediate direction of, a district health director, who shall be appointed by the commissioner of health. The district health director shall act as the administrative officer of the district health department and shall take actions and make determinations necessary to properly execute the state department […]
§ 68-2-704. Qualifications of District Health Director and District Health Officer — Powers and Duties
The district health director shall be a health professional who possesses the necessary education and experience in public health administration as determined by the state department of health and approved by the department of human resources. If the district health director is a qualified physician, the district health director may also serve as district health […]
§ 68-2-705. Maintenance of District Health Department — Appropriations by Counties
The county legislative bodies of counties establishing a district health department are authorized and empowered to appropriate funds necessary for the maintenance of the district health departments and to levy and collect taxes to meet and pay the same. Each county shall contribute to the maintenance of such district health department, the percentage of contribution […]
§ 68-2-701. Joint District Health Departments — Powers and Duties — Municipal Support
Two (2) or more contiguous counties may, by resolution duly approved by a majority vote of each respective county legislative body, combine and contract, each with the other, for the purpose of forming a district health department, having all the powers, responsibilities and duties conferred upon county health departments by the provisions and statutes prescribing […]
§ 68-2-702. Joint District Board of Health Created — Members
There may be created for the health district so formed, a joint district board of health consisting of the county mayor, the county director of schools, and one (1) physician, licensed to practice in Tennessee from each county of the district. The physician member from each county shall be nominated by the medical society and […]