Massachusetts. Public Health Council
St 1914, c 792 established the Public Health Council within the State Dept. of Health (Dept. of Public Health from 1919) to make and promulgate rules and regulations, take evidence in appeals, consider plans and appointments required by law, hold hearings, and discharge other duties relating to public health as required by law; it was to consist of the commissioner of public health and six gubernatorial appointees, of whom three were to be physicians. St 1972, c 776, s 2A increased the number of appointees to eight, of which three are health service providers (including two physicians); the other five are nonproviders of health services, at least one of whom (St 1973, c 1168, s 11) is appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the secretary of elder affairs.
The council's functionsd are currently described in MGLA c 17, s 3 and c 111, s 3.
NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agency described above can be found by searching the following access point for the time period stated: 1914-present--Massachusetts. Public Health Council.
From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145429901
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