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~oorc V 15 ~s 541 <br />By-Laws of <br />The Lee County Board of Health <br />Article. I. Name and objective <br />Section 1: This Board shall be known as the Lee County Board <br />of Health, Disease Prevention and Control <br />Section 2: The objectives of this Board shall be: <br />- to protect and promote the public health in Lee <br />County <br />- to serve as the policy-making, rule-making and <br />adjudicatory body for the Lee County.Health <br />Department. <br />Article II. Membership <br />Section 1: The members of the Board of Health shall be <br />appointed by the county Board of Commissioners with consultation <br />from the Local Health Director. The Board shall be composed of <br />eleven (11) members. The composition of the Board shall reasonably <br />reflect the population makeup of the county and shall include: one <br />physician licensed to practice medicine in this State, one licensed <br />dentist, one licensed optometrist, one licensed veterinarian, one <br />registered nurse, one licensed pharmacist, one county commissioner, <br />and four representatives of the general public. All members shall <br />be residents of the county. <br />Section 2: Except as provided in this subsection, members of <br />the county Board of Health shall serve three-year terms. No member <br />may serve more than three consecutive three-year terms. The County <br />Commissioner member shall serve only as long as the member is a <br />County Commissioner. <br />Section 3: Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired portion <br />of a term. <br />Section 4: A chairperson and vice chairperson shall be elected <br />annually by the Board of Health during the first meeting of the <br />calendar year. The Local Health Director shall serve as secretary <br />to the Board, and preside until a chairperson is elected during the <br />first meeting of the calendar year. <br />Section 5: At any meeting of <br />shall consist of six members of <br />taken in the absence of a quorum, <br />a subsequent date. <br />the Board of Health, a quorum <br />the Board. No action shall be <br />except to adjourn the meeting to <br />010 <br />Section 6: A member may be removed from office by the county <br />Board of Commissioners for cause. <br />