Oklahoma § 63-1-203 County superintendent of health - Appointment -

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 63-1-203 — County superintendent of health - Appointment -

Oklahoma § 63-1-203

Title 63Public Health And Safety

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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-203 (2026).

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Compensation.

(a)There is hereby created the office of county superintendent of health for each county that does not maintain a county department of health and that does not participate in the maintenance of a district department of health.

(b)The county superintendent of health shall be a regularly practicing physician, of good standing and of good moral character, and shall be a resident of the county for which he is appointed. He shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the State Commissioner of Health. He shall be compensated for his services at a rate to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, subject to the following limitations: In counties having a population of not more than ten thousand (10,000), as shown by the last preceding Federal Decennial Census,

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Compensation. (a) There is hereby created the office of county superintendent of health for each county that does not maintain a county department of health and that does not participate in the maintenance of a district department of health. (b) The county superintendent of health shall be a regularly practicing physician, of good standing and of good moral character, and shall be a resident of the county for which he is appointed. He shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the State Commissioner of Health. He shall be compensated for his services at a rate to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, subject to the following limitations: In counties having a population of not more than ten thousand (10,000), as shown by the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, he shall be paid not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than twenty thousand (20,000), he shall be paid not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) and not more than forty thousand (40,000), he shall be paid not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more than forty thousand (40,000) and not more than fifty thousand (50,000), he shall be paid not less than Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) per annum; and in counties having such a population in excess of fifty thousand (50,000), he shall be paid not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per annum.