§ 40:23 — Salaries of parish or district health officers; unclassified

§23. Salaries of parish or district health officers; unclassified
A. Each parish shall determine the salary of its health officer and the necessary
expenses for the conduct of his official duties if the health officer is in the unclassified
service or serving on a contractual basis. In the case of an unclassified or contractual district
health officer, the parishes which jointly employ him shall fix his salary and expenses and
the proportionate share of each parish.
B. The salaries and expenses provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall be
paid by the governing bodies of the parish or parishes for which the health officer was
appointed, except as herein provided.
C. Where a parish or group of parishes appoint a full-time health officer whose entire
time is devoted to health work as such, exclusive of any private practice, the state may
appropriate and assist in paying the salary of that health officer not to exceed twenty percent
of the salary if the parish or parishes contract with the Louisiana Department of Health for
the establishment and maintenance of a health unit as hereafter provided.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.