2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 39 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 4 - PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS
Section 39-411 - COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARD -- QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS -- APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL -- TERMS -- TRUSTEE SELECTED FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DISTRICT BOARDS OF HEALTH.

39-411. Composition of district board -- Qualifications of members -- Appointment and removal -- Terms -- Trustee selected for board of trustees of district boards of health. For those districts comprised of less than eight (8) counties, the district board of health shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the boards of county commissioners within each district acting jointly, and each board of county commissioners may appoint a board member. For those districts comprised of eight (8) counties, the district board of health shall consist of not less than eight (8) members nor more than nine (9) members and each board of county commissioners may appoint a board member. Each member of the district board of health shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the state of Idaho and the public health district for one (1) year immediately last past, and a qualified elector. One (1) member of the district board, if available to serve, shall be a physician licensed by the Idaho state board of medicine and no more than one (1) member shall be appointed from any professional or special interest group. All members shall be chosen with due regard to their knowledge and interest in public health and in promoting the health of the citizens of the state and the public health district. Representation shall be assured from rural as well as urban population groups. All appointments to the district board shall be confirmed by a majority vote of all the county commissioners of all the counties located within the public health district. Any member of the district board may be removed by majority vote of all the county commissioners of all the counties located within the district. The members of the district board, each year, shall select a chairman, a vice-chairman and a trustee. The trustee shall represent the district board as a member of the board of trustees of the Idaho district boards of health. The board of trustees of the Idaho district boards of health shall have authority to allocate appropriations from the legislature to the health districts. The board of trustees shall develop and administer a formula for the allocation of legislative appropriations.

The members of the district board of health shall be appointed for the purpose of organization as follows: One (1) member to be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, one (1) for three (3) years, two (2) for four (4) years and two (2) for five (5) years. Each succeeding vacancy shall be filled by the boards of county commissioners within the district acting jointly and with confirmation as herein described for a term of five (5) years, subject to reappointment; and vacancies on the board for an unexpired term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. Notwithstanding any provision of this section as to term of appointment, if a board member is an appointee for a board of county commissioners, and if that board member is an elected county commissioner and leaves office prior to the expiration of the term on the district board of health, the board of county commissioners may declare the position vacant and may appoint another currently elected county commissioner to fill the unexpired portion of the term of that board member.

History:

[39-411, added 1970, ch. 90, sec. 4, p. 218; am. 1972, ch. 159, sec. 1, p. 352; am. 1973, ch. 29, sec. 3, p. 56; am. 1984, ch. 38, sec. 1, p. 64; am. 1986, ch. 63, sec. 3, p. 181; am. 1992, ch. 122, sec. 1, p. 400; am. 1999, ch. 61, sec. 1, p. 158; am. 2007, ch. 163, sec. 1, p. 489; am. 2010, ch. 287, sec. 1, p. 768.]