CHAPTER 508

An Act to authorize the creation of county health departments and dis-
trict health departments.
[S 316]

Approved April 5, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Any county may, through its governing body, enter into con-
tractual agreement with the State Department of Health for the creation
of a single county health department upon mutual agreement that such an
arrangement is desirable and economically feasible.

§ 2. Any combination of counties and cities, or either of them, may, by
separate resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of their respective
governing bodies, create a district health department. The governing
bodies of such counties and cities may enter into contractual agreement
with the State Department of Health for the operation of the district
health department thus created.

§ 3. This act shall not be construed to repeal the provisions of Title
15 of the Code of Virginia with respect to health departments in counties
having the county manager or county executive type of government or
any provisions for health departments operated by cities.