May a board of county commissioners abolish the district board of health and assume its powers and duties?
No. The state law that permits the boards of commissioners in certain counties to abolish their boards of health applies only to boards appointed by or acting under and pursuant to the authority of the board of county commissioners.[1] This extends to traditional county boards of health and county consolidated human services boards, but not district boards of health (which are appointed by a subset of the commissioners of each county in the district).
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[1]G.S. 153A-77(a).
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