23-01 State Department of Health
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<![CDATA[TITLE 23HEALTH AND SAFETYCHAPTER 23-01STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH23-01-01.State department of health - Officers.The state department of healthconsists of a health council, a state health officer, section chiefs, directors of divisions, and other<br>employees of the department.23-01-01.1. State department of health to replace state department of health andconsolidated laboratories. Wherever the terms "North Dakota state department of health",<br>"department of health", "health department", "state department of health and consolidated<br>laboratories", "North Dakota state laboratories department", "state laboratories department",<br>"state laboratories department director", or "state laboratories director" appear in this code, the<br>term "state department of health" must be substituted therefor.Wherever the terms "state food commissioner and chemist" and "commissioner" whenreferring to the state food commissioner and chemist appear in chapters 19-17 and 19-18, the<br>term "state department of health" must be substituted therefor.23-01-01.2.State department of health designated primary state environmentalagency. The state department of health is the primary state environmental agency.23-01-02.Health council - Members, terms of office, vacancies, compensation,officers, meetings. The health council consists of eleven members appointed by the governor<br>in the following manner:four persons from the health care field, five persons representingconsumer interests, one person from the energy industry, and one from the manufacturing and<br>processing industry. The governor may select members to the council from recommendations<br>submitted by trade, professional, and consumer organizations. On the expiration of the term of<br>any member, the governor, in the manner provided by this section, shall appoint for a term of<br>three years, persons to take the place of members whose terms on the council are about to<br>expire. The officers of the council must be elected annually. Any state agency may serve in an<br>advisory capacity to the health council at the discretion of the council. The council shall meet at<br>least twice each year and at other times as the council or its chairman may direct. The health<br>council shall have as standing committees any committees the council may find necessary. The<br>chairman of the council shall select the members of these committees. The members of the<br>council are entitled to receive sixty-two dollars and fifty cents as compensation per day and their<br>necessary mileage and travel expenses as provided in sections 44-08-04 and 54-06-09 while<br>attending council meetings or in the performance of any special duties as the council may direct.<br>The per diem and expenses must be audited and paid in the manner in which the expenses of<br>state officers are audited and paid. The compensation provided for in this section may not be<br>paid to any member of the council who received salary or other compensation as a regular<br>employee of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, or any institution or industry operated by<br>the state.23-01-02.1.Hospital utilization committees - Internal quality assurance reviewcommittees - Reports - Immunity. Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 234, </p>
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