HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1555

(A)  AT LEAST ANNUALLY, THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR A COUNTY
SHALL BE EVALUATED, IN WRITING, BY THE SECRETARY AND BY THE
COUNTY.

(B)  THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH COUNTY SHALL ESTABLISH
BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE COUNTY
EVALUATES THE HEALTH OFFICER.

(C)  THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH BY RULE OR
REGULATION THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE SECRETARY EVALUATES THE
HEALTH OFFICERS.

(D)  THE SECRETARY AND THE COUNTY EACH SHALL REVIEW
THEIR RESPECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF A HEALTH OFFICER WITH THE
HEALTH OFFICER.

51C.

A HEALTH OFFICER OR DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER WHO IS A
PHYSICIAN MAY NOT:

(1)  PRACTICE MEDICINE, EXCEPT IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF OFFICIAL DUTIES WHEN LICENSED AS A PHYSICIAN IN THIS
STATE; OR

(2)  ENGAGE IN ANY OCCUPATION THAT CONFLICTS WITH
THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES.

51D.

THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR A COUNTY SHALL HAVE AN OFFICE
LOCATED AT AN ACCESSIBLE PLACE IN THE COUNTY.

51E.

(A)  IN ADDITION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES SET FORTH
ELSEWHERE, EACH HEALTH OFFICER HAS THE POWERS AND DUTIES SET
FORTH IN THIS SECTION.

(B)  THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR A COUNTY IS THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND SECRETARY OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.

(C)  THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR A COUNTY SHALL APPOINT THE
PERSONNEL OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

(D) (1) A HEALTH OFFICER FOR A COUNTY SHALL ENFORCE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY:

(I)  UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY,
THE STATE HEALTH LAWS AND THE POLICIES, RULES, AND
REGULATIONS THAT THE SECRETARY ADOPTS; AND

(II)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2)
OF THIS SUBSECTION, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTY BOARD
OF HEALTH, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THE COUNTY BOARD
OF HEALTH ADOPTS.