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HI SCR90
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Requests the Department of Health to require that each district health officer be a physician licensed under Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes
- Notes that district health officers in Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii counties provide emergency preparedness, family health services, public health nursing, mental health services, vital statistics, and environmental health services
- References past practice where the Department recognized district health officers should be physicians with community medicine and public health experience
- Indicates the Hawaii County district health officer position was filled by a non-physician without medical experience for six years, with performance deemed less proficient than physician counterparts
- Directs certified copies be transmitted to the Director of Health and Chairperson of the Hawaii County Council
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Health To Require That Each Of Its District Health Officers Be A Physician Licensed Under Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Department of Health
Last Action
Referred to CPH.
3/12/2019
Committee Referrals
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health3/12/2019
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