§ 40:26 — Contractual agreement on establishment and maintenance of parish

§26. Contractual agreement on establishment and maintenance of parish
health unit
A. The governing body of a parish may contract, or mutually agree on
an annual basis, with the Louisiana Department of Health on or before
November 1 of any calendar year, for the establishment and/or partial
maintenance of the parish health unit and a full-time health officer. In such
case the parish shall provide housing for said health unit. The governing body
of the parish may appropriate and disburse funds for the support of the unit
jointly with state and/or federal funds as furnished by the Louisiana
Department of Health within the terms of a state fiscal year budget having the
approval of both the parish and state.
B. The parish health officer shall be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of this Chapter and shall, if classified, be in the state classified
service. As a prerequisite of said contract, the parish health officer shall be
subject to all state laws and regulations and orders of the state health officer
and the department. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Chapter, the
employees of the parish health unit, including the parish health officer, may,
at the option of the parish, be employed as parish or municipal employees in
which case their salaries and all benefits shall be paid in full by the parish, and
they shall be under the direction and control of the parish but subject to the
general supervision of the state health officer through the parish health officer.
In all other respects they shall be parish or municipal employees.

Legislative History

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