32.1-17 - Appointment of Commissioner; qualifications; term.
§ 32.1-17. Appointment of Commissioner; qualifications; term.
A. There shall be a State Health Commissioner appointed by the Governor,subject to confirmation by each house of the General Assembly. TheCommissioner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in thisCommonwealth and shall be certified by the American Board of PreventiveMedicine or a recognized board in a primary care specialty as approved by theAmerican Board of Medical Specialties, experienced in public health duties,sanitary science and environmental health, and otherwise qualified to executethe duties incumbent upon him by law.
B. The Commissioner shall be appointed for a term coincident with that of theGovernor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(Code 1950, §§ 32-23, 32-25; 1979, c. 711; 2000, c. 168.)