NRS439.368. Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.

      1.  The district board of health shall appoint a district health officer for the health district who shall have full authority as a county health officer in the health district.

      2.  The district health officer must:

      (a) Be licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this State or be eligible for such a license and obtain such a license within 12 months after being appointed as district health officer;

      (b) Have at least 5 years of management experience in a local, state or national public health department, program, organization or agency; and

      (c) Have:

             (1) At least a master’s degree in public health, health care administration, public administration, business administration or a related field;

             (2) Work experience which is deemed to be equivalent to a degree described in subparagraph (1), which may include, without limitation, relevant work experience with a national organization which conducts research on issues concerning public health; or

             (3) Obtained certification from or be eligible to be certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine, the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine, a successor organization or, if there is no successor organization, by a similar organization designated by the district board of health.

      3.  The district health officer is entitled to receive a salary fixed by the district board of health and serves at the pleasure of the board.

      4.  Any clinical program of a district board of health which requires medical assessment must be carried out under the direction of a physician.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 2465; A 2013, 3178)