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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
 Title 2. HEALTH
 Subtitle F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
 Chapter 121. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH REORGANIZATION ACT
 Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  Sec. 121.007. PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS  

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  • (a) The board may designate geographic areas of the state as public health regions to provide public health services.

    (b) The board shall appoint a physician to serve as regional director for each public health region. The regional director is the chief administrative officer of the region. The board shall establish the qualifications and terms of employment of a regional director.

    (c) The board or its designee may require a regional director to perform the duties of a health authority. The regional director may perform those duties, as authorized by the board or commissioner, in a jurisdiction in the region in which the health authority fails to perform duties prescribed by the board under Section 121.024. The regional director shall perform the duties of a health authority in a jurisdiction in the region in which there is not a health authority.

    (d), (e) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 1999.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 3, 8, eff. June 19, 1999.