SECTIONS 101175-101185

101175.  The rapid increase in the population of the state and theincreasing industrialization in both the urban and rural areasnecessitate the provision of effective public health services to allthe people of the state. In many areas within the state local health departments lack thenecessary funds, and the local population lack the means to furnishfunds, to provide effective public health services. The Legislature therefore seeks to further the provision ofnecessary public health services by granting financial assistance tolocal health departments thus enabling them to meet present andfuture health needs in an efficient and effective manner. The fundsgranted are to augment local appropriations provided for publichealth purposes, and shall not be used to replace localappropriations. The administrative pattern providing public health services to allthe people of the state will vary in different areas. It isgenerally recognized that the minimum population necessary forefficient administration of a local health department isapproximately 50,000. To attain this desirable population minimum itwill be necessary in some areas for two or more counties to unite andestablish a single administrative public health jurisdiction.101180.  "Population," for the purpose of this chapter, shall bedetermined by the most recent United States decennial census;provided, however, whenever it appears to the department that thepopulation of any city or county, changed sufficiently to warrantadjustment, the department for purposes of this chapter may requestthe Population Research Unit of the Department of Finance todetermine the population for cities or counties.101185.  For the purposes of this chapter a "local health department"shall be interpreted to mean any one of the following public healthadministrative organizations: (a) A local health department serving one or more counties thatshall provide services to all cities whose population is less than50,000 in addition to the unincorporated territory of the county orcounties. (b) A county health department that does not serve all of thecities of less than 50,000 population, but that has the provisionalapproval of the department, in accordance with Section 101225. (c) The health department of a city of 50,000 or greaterpopulation, except that the governing body of the city by resolutionmay declare its intention to be included under the jurisdiction ofthe county health department, as provided by existing statutes. (d) The local health department of any county that had under itsjurisdiction on September 19, 1947, a population in excess of1,000,000, or the local health department of any city and county.