2006 Kansas Code - 75-5601

      75-5601.   Secretary of health and environment; appointment and confirmation; creation of department of health and environment; department and office of secretary subject to K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby created a department of health and environment, the head of which shall be the secretary of health and environment, which office is hereby created. The governor shall appoint the secretary of health and environment, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto, and the secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The department of health and environment shall consist of the division of health and the division of environment. The secretary of health and environment shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor.

      (b)   The provisions of the Kansas governmental operations accountability law apply to the department of health and environment, and the department is subject to audit, review and evaluation under such law.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 351, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 308, § 76; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 74; L. 1992, ch. 116, § 50; L. 2001, ch. 86, § 14; April 12.