It shall be the duty of the county health officer to administer programs and enforce the public health provisions of the Mississippi Code and the rules and regulations of the state board of health applicable in his county. He shall report his actions and all informations and results of his investigations to the board of supervisors and state board of health, and he shall do such other things as the state board of health may lawfully require of him.Codes, 1892, § 2276; 1906, § 2494; Hemingway's 1917, § 4843; 1930, § 4880; 1942, § 7036; Laws, 1894, ch. 39; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 11, eff. 7/1/1982.
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