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District Health Officers

NMSA 1978 ch. 24, art. 4
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NMSA 1978, § 24-4-1 District health officer; compensation; private practice prohibited; exception

24-4-1. District health officer; compensation; private practice prohibited; exception Each district health officer shall receive the salary prescribed for such position by the state personnel board. The salary shall constitute full authority for the district health officers and they shall receive no other salary payment or fees from any other public source. No district health officer shall engage in the private practice of medicine, maintain an office for the practice of medicine, nor accept nor receive any fee, gratuity or emolument of any form for rendering medical or surgical service to any citizen of this state, except that permission for such practice may be given by the secretary of the health and environment department [secretary of health] in any district, the board of which has declared an emergency to exist. Laws 1935, ch. 131, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 71-206; Laws 1947, ch. 172, § 4; 1953 Comp., § 12-2-6; Laws 1957, ch. 174, § 3; 1973, ch. 4, § 8; 1977, ch. 253, § 17; 1980, ch. 81, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 24-4-2 Local public health offices; regional director; health officer; expenses

24-4-2. Local public health offices; regional director; health officer; expenses A. The board of county commissioners of each county shall provide suitable quarters for: (1) the local public health offices, including office space for the administrative staff, office space for health care personnel and clinic space and waiting space for patients, their friends and families; and (2) the regional director and regional health officer, including office space for the administrative staff. B. The boards of county commissioners shall make proper provision for all office and other expense, including utilities and maintenance but excluding janitorial services, incurred in enforcing the health laws and regulations within the counties in which the expense is incurred. C. The board of county commissioners of each county may, upon adoption of a resolution approved by the department of finance and administration, deposit such county funds as are provided in this section with the state treasurer to the credit of the department of health for such purposes as are provided in this section at such times as such funds are available; provided the depositing of such funds with the state treasurer is upon a voucher approved by the board of county commissioners subject to all statutes and regulations covering the disbursement of county funds, excepting that such funds may be so deposited prior to said payments being due and payable; and provided further that no such deposits shall be in excess of any line item of the approved county health budget. Laws 1935, ch. 131, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 71-207; 1953 Comp., § 12-2-7; Laws 1957, ch. 174, § 4; 1977, ch. 24, § 134; 1977, ch. 253, § 18; 1980, ch. 81, § 2; 2017, ch. 87, § 21.

NMSA 1978, § 24-4-3 Additional health officers; offices; expenses

24-4-3. Additional health officers; offices; expenses A. Whenever, in the opinion of the director of the public health division of the department of health, conditions require the employment of persons in addition to the district health officer to properly execute the health laws and regulations in any county, the board of county commissioners of such county, with the approval of the secretary of health, shall provide suitable quarters for such additional persons. The boards of county commissioners shall make proper provision for all office expenses and other expenses, including utilities and maintenance, for such additional persons. B. The board of county commissioners of such county may, upon adoption of a resolution approved by the secretary of finance and administration, deposit county funds for such purposes as are provided pursuant to this section with the state treasurer to the credit of the department of health for such purposes as are provided in this section at such time as such funds are available. The depositing of such funds with the state treasurer shall be upon a voucher approved by the board of county commissioners subject to all statutes and regulations covering the disbursement of county funds except that such funds may be so deposited prior to disbursement being due and payable. No such deposits shall be in excess of the approved budget for this purpose. Laws 1919, ch. 85, § 36, added by 1920 (S.S.), ch. 2, § 1 (36); 1921, ch. 143, § 1 (36); 1929, ch. 55, § 1 (36); C.S. 1929, § 110-331; Laws 1941, ch. 97, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 71-211; 1953 Comp., § 12-2-11; Laws 1957, ch. 174, § 5; 1973, ch. 4, § 9; 1977, ch. 247, § 135; 1977, ch. 253, § 19; 1983, ch. 301, § 71; 2017, ch. 87, § 22.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18524/index.doFetched: 10/20/2026

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