Senate Bill No. 411–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Administration)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Revises certain provisions relating to qualifications and appointment of State Health Officer. (BDR 40‑1243)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public health; revising certain provisions relating to the qualifications and appointment of the State Health Officer; adding qualifications relating to the education and work experience of the State Health Officer; placing the State Health Officer in the unclassified service of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 439.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  439.090  1.  The State Health Officer must:

1-3  (a) Be a citizen of the United States.

1-4  (b) Be certified, or eligible for certification, by the American

1-5  Board of Preventive Medicine[.] or have a masters degree in

1-6  public health from a 4-year accredited college or university and at

1-7  least 5 years’ experience in a responsible position in a local, state

1-8  or federal public health program.

1-9  (c) Be licensed, or eligible for licensure, as a doctor of medicine

1-10  to practice in Nevada.

1-11      2.  The Administrator must have had 2 years’ experience, or the

1-12  equivalent, in a responsible administrative position in:

2-1  (a) A full-time county or city health facility or department; or

2-2  (b) A major health program at a state or national level.

2-3  3.  Experience used for qualification pursuant to paragraph

2-4  (b) of subsection 1 may also be used for qualification pursuant to

2-5  subsection 2 if the experience meets the requirements of

2-6  subsection 2.

2-7  Sec. 2.  NRS 439.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-8  439.100  1.  The Director shall appoint a State Health Officer.

2-9  2.  The position of State Health Officer must be filled by the

2-10  Director within 6 months after it becomes vacant, except that if a

2-11  qualified applicant does not accept the position within that period,

2-12  the Director shall continue his efforts to fill the position until a

2-13  qualified person accepts the appointment.

2-14      3.  The State Health Officer is in the unclassified service of

2-15  the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.

2-16      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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