2006 Utah Code - 26-1-9 — Executive director -- Qualifications.

     26-1-9.   Executive director -- Qualifications.
     (1) The executive director shall:
     (a) (i) be a physician who is a graduate of a regularly chartered and legally constituted medical school, licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all branches in the state and who shall have successfully completed a master's degree of public health from an accredited school of public health or from an accredited program of public health and have at least three years professional full-time experience in a senior level administrative capacity;
     (ii) be a physician who is a graduate of a regularly chartered and legally constituted medical school, licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all branches in the state and who shall have successfully completed at least one year's graduate work in an accredited school of public health and have at least five years professional full-time experience, of which at least three years have been in public health in a senior level administrative capacity;
     (iii) have successfully completed a master's degree of public health from an accredited school of public health or from an accredited program of public health and have at least five years of professional full-time experience, of which at least three years have been in public health in a senior level administrative capacity; or
     (iv) have at least seven years of professional full-time experience in public health programs, of which at least five years have been in a senior level administrative capacity; and
     (b) be thoroughly informed and experienced in all aspects of public health work.
     (2) If the executive director is not a physician, the deputy director of the department shall be a physician who has successfully completed at least one year's graduate work in an accredited school of public health or an accredited program of public health.

Amended by Chapter 219, 1993 General Session