(a) The Escambia County Board of Health, subject to approval of the Escambia County Commission, may designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department may charge and collect the fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the State Examiners of Public Accounts.
(b) No person shall be denied any service because of that person's inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on a person's ability to pay.
(c) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations.
(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby continuously appropriated to the Escambia County Health Department which collected the fees.
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