439.390 - District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.

439.390  District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.

      1.  A district board of health must consist of two members from each county, city or town which participated in establishing the district, to be appointed by the governing body of the county, city or town in which they reside, together with one additional member to be chosen by the members so appointed.

      2.  The additional member must be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State.

      3.  If the appointive members of the district board of health fail to choose the additional member within 30 days after the organization of the district health department, the additional member may be appointed by the State Health Officer.

      [Part 35:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.01]—(NRS A 1959, 104; 1963, 941; 1991, 1379)