Kansas state health and environment agencies : selected newspaper clippings, 1885-1999 / Collected and photocopied by the Kansas State Historical Society. 1885-1999

Kansas. State Department of Health

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The Kansas Department of Health was created in 1963 and replaced the State Board of Health as an agency. The Board of Health was originally created in 1885. The board, however, remained as a ten-member body that governed the Department of Health. In 1974, both the Department and the Board of Health were abolished and the present agency, the Department of Health and Environment, was created. [Information taken from Library of Congress authority records.] From the description of Record...

Kansas State Historical Society. Library and Archives Division

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Kansas State Board of Health

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The Kansas State Board of Health was created in 1885. It consisted of nine physicians, each a graduate of a medical college who had at least seven years of continuous practice in his or her profession. The physicians were appointed by the governor from all parts of the state for three-year terms. In 1908, a non-medical member was added. In 1951, the board was abolished and re-established as the State Board of Health. This board consisted of ten members, all licensed in the state, from a variety ...

Kansas. Department of Health and Environment

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment was created in 1974, replacing both the State Department of Health and its governing body, the State Board of Health. The current department's mission is "To protect the health and environment of all Kansans by promoting responsible choices." The department is currently divided into the Divisions of Health, Environment, and the Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. [Information taken from Library of Congress authority records.] [Kansas Depa...