§ 18-10-010

Each community or settlement outside an incorporated city is a health unit. In each health unit there shall be a board of health composed of the president of the school board and two citizens of the unit selected by the school board. At least one of the members of the health board must, where practicable, be a licensed physician. In a health unit where there is no school board, the commissioner shall appoint three residents of the unit to the local board of health, at least one member of which must, where practicable, be a licensed physician.