Each county and city shall establish and maintain a local department of health that shall be headed by a local health director. Each such local health director shall (i) be a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth, (ii) possess a master’s or doctoral degree in the area of public health and have at […]
A. The governing body of any county or city may enter into a contract with the Board for the operation of the local health department in such county or city. B. Each contract between a county or city and the Board shall specify the services to be provided in addition to the services required by […]
A. The governing body of any county or city which does not enter into a contract with the Board for the operation of the local health department shall appoint the local health director and may appoint a local board of health to establish policies and to advise the local health department. B. Each local health […]
If any governing body of a county or city which does not enter into a contract with the Board for the operation of the local health department does not appoint a local health director or establish a local health department, the Board may exercise the authority and perform the duties of the local health director […]
No county, city or town ordinance or regulation shall be less stringent in the protection of the public health than any applicable state law or any applicable regulations of the Board. 1979, c. 711.
Any health department operating under the provisions of this article is empowered to seek and accept grants, bequests or donations of money and resources from private persons in support of projects conducted under the auspices of the Virginia Health Care Foundation or other preventive or primary health care projects. A separate fund shall be established […]
Each local department of health shall post notice of the existence of a human trafficking hotline to alert possible witnesses or victims of human trafficking to the availability of a means to report crimes or gain assistance. The notice required by this section shall (i) be posted in a place readily visible and accessible to […]
A. As used in this section: “Cooperative local health budget” means the total amount of state funds, local matching funds, and estimated self-generated local service revenues allocated to support a local department of health. “Estimated self-generated local service revenues” means the amount of funds projected to be received by a local department of health from […]
