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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 121.007. Public Health Regions

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§ 121.007. PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS.  (a) The board may 
designate geographic areas of the state as public health regions to 
provide public health services.
	(b)  The board shall appoint a physician to serve as regional 
director for each public health region.  The regional director is 
the chief administrative officer of the region.  The board shall 
establish the qualifications and terms of employment of a regional 
director.
	(c)  The board or its designee may require a regional 
director to perform the duties of a health authority.  The regional 
director may perform those duties, as authorized by the board or 
commissioner, in a jurisdiction in the region in which the health 
authority fails to perform duties prescribed by the board under 
Section 121.024.  The regional director shall perform the duties of 
a health authority in a jurisdiction in the region in which there is 
not a health authority.
	(d), (e) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, § 8, 
eff. June 19, 1999.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended 
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 118, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, § 3, 8, eff. June 19, 1999.

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