What happens to the local boards of health when a new district health department is created or a county joins an existing district health department?
When a new district is created from counties that formerly had single-county boards, those boards are dissolved and a district board is appointed. Similarly, when a county joins an existing district health department, the existing district board of health is dissolved and a new district board of health is appointed.[1] The existing rules of the former county board(s) remain in effect until they are amended or repealed by the district board of health.[2]
[1]G.S. 130A-37(d).
[2]G.S. 130A-36.
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