This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Public Health Governance Act”. The purpose of this chapter is to define the structure, powers, and duties of local boards of health. This chapter also provides an optional process for counties to merge to form a district board of health in order to increase efficiencies and enhance the delivery and availability of public health services.
Iowa Code § 137.101
Title and purpose
Known as the Local Public Health Governance Act
The act spans §§ 137–137 (19 sections).
2010 Acts, ch 1036, §1
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