§ 63-1-201. County board of health - Membership.

There is hereby created in each county of the state a county board of health, which shall consist of five (5) members, who shall serve without compensation, and who shall be residents of the county, appointed as follows:

(a) The State Commissioner of Health shall appoint one member, whose term shall expire on June 30, 1964, and each four (4) years thereafter.

(b) The State Commissioner of Health shall appoint another member, whose term shall expire on June 30, 1965, and each four (4) years thereafter.

(c) The judge of the district court shall appoint one member, who shall be the holder of a school administrator's certificate issued by the State Board of Education, and whose term of office shall expire on June 30, 1966, and each four (4) years thereafter.

(d) The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint one member, who shall be a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or, if no doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy is available, the board of county commissioners may appoint a dentist, optometrist, or registered nurse.  The term of office of such member shall expire on June 30, 1967, and each four (4) years thereafter.

(e) The board of county commissioners shall appoint another member who may be a member of the board of county commissioners, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 2, § 201.