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.

History: 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.

Cross references. — For state personnel board, see 10-9-8 NMSA 1978.

The 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, required the secretary of health to provide for additional health officers when conditions require their employment to properly execute the health laws and regulations in any county, and removed the provision that the appointment and dismissal of additional health officers are governed by the State Personnel Act; in the catchline, deleted "state personnel board rules govern appointment and dismissal" and added "offices; expenses"; designated the previously undesignated first sentence of the section as Subsection A, after "director of the", added "public", after the first occurrence of "health", deleted "services", after "division of the", added "department of", after the second occurrence of "health", deleted "and environment department", after "approval of the", deleted "director of the" and added "secretary of", and after "health", deleted "services division, may employ such additional persons as the director shall designate, and their compensation and expenses shall be paid from the county general fund upon vouchers drawn by the district health officer" and added the remainder of the subsection; designated the previously undesignated remainder of the section as Subsection B, after "county funds", added "for such purposes", after "provided", added "pursuant to this section", after "credit of the", added "department of", after "health", deleted "and environment department", and after "provided", added "in this section", and deleted "the appointment and dismissal of all persons employed hereunder shall be governed by the rules promulgated under the Personnel Act by the personnel board".

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39A C.J.S. Health and Environment § 11.