Massachusetts § 7 District health officers

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§ 7 — District health officers

Massachusetts § 7

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title IIEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Ch. 17DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 17, § 7 (2026).

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Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a district health officer for each health district provided in section four of chapter one hundred and eleven. Such officers shall be graduates of incorporated medical schools, admitted to practice in the commonwealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience in public health duties and sanitary science, shall give their entire time to the performance of their duties, and shall be subject to chapter thirty-one.

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Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a district health officer for each health district provided in section four of chapter one hundred and eleven. Such officers shall be graduates of incorporated medical schools, admitted to practice in the commonwealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience in public health duties and sanitary science, shall give their entire time to the performance of their duties, and shall be subject to chapter thirty-one.

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