127:1 Authority Granted. – Any town by vote at town meeting and any city by vote of the city councils may unite with any other town or city to form a district department of health. The affairs of any such district department of health shall be managed by a board as hereinafter provided. Source. […]
127:10 Additional Funds. – Any district department of health organized hereunder is authorized to use any additional funds which the department of health and human services may secure from federal agencies or other official agencies and which it may allot to such district department of health. Source. 1949, 203:11. RSA 127:10. 1983, 291:1, I. […]
127:11 Withdrawal From District. – Any town or the city council of any city, which has voted to unite with another town or city to form a district department of health, may vote to withdraw from the district. Such withdrawal shall not become effective until the first day of July following such vote of […]
[RSA 127:12 repealed by 2022, 278:2, effective November 1, 2023.] 127:12 Commission Established. – I. There is established a commission to study the delivery of public health services through regional public health networks and the continued development of coordinated responses to public health incidents and emergencies in New Hampshire. II. The members of the […]
127:2 Board. – The selectmen of each town and the city councils of each city, which has so voted to become a part of any such district, shall appoint annually 2 persons to be members of such board. Provided that any town or city having a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants, as determined […]
127:3 Organization. – Each board annually shall elect a chairperson and a district treasurer and shall determine the relative amount of service to be performed in each town or city within the district by persons employed by the board and shall furnish the necessary offices and equipment to enable it to carry out its […]
127:4 Payments. – From time to time the board shall draw upon the treasurer of each town or city within the district for such funds as may have been apportioned to each to pay the costs of operating the district. Such apportionment shall be based upon the population of the towns and cities in […]
127:5 Health Officer. – The board shall appoint some discreet person, possessing the qualifications hereinafter specified, to be health officer for such district. If the district health officer shall not be elected within 60 days from the formation of any such district, or in case a vacancy in said office shall continue to exist […]
127:6 Qualifications. – The district health officer shall have a bachelor’s or graduate degree in public health, medicine, sanitary engineering, environmental health, microbiology, or general sanitation and at least one year of work experience in the field of public health. The district health officer shall be removed only for cause after a public hearing […]
127:7 District Treasurer. – The district treasurer shall disburse the money received from the towns and cities in the district and from other sources upon warrants approved by a majority of the board and signed by the chairperson and secretary. The treasurer shall give bond to the district for the faithful performance of the […]
127:8 Employees. – The district health officer shall be the executive officer of the district department of health and shall appoint all necessary assistants or clerks subject to the approval of the board. Such employees shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the district health officer and receive such compensation as shall […]
127:9 Appropriations. – Any town, or city councils of any city, at any legal meeting, may grant and vote such sums of money as it shall judge necessary for the purpose of paying the apportionment of said town or city as a member of any district department of health. Source. 1949, 203:9, eff. May […]
