The following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. 'County', any county of the state other than one wholly embraced within a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that constitutes a health district. 2. 'City', each city of the state having a population of one million or more, according to the last preceding federal census. 3. 'Municipality', a county or city. 4. 'Governing body', the board of supervisors of a county or the common council, city council or other legislative body of a city or county. 5. 'Local commissioner of health', the officer who administers and manages public health programs within a county who is appointed pursuant to section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter and who has the general powers and duties specified in section three hundred fifty-two of this chapter and the commissioner of health in a city having a population of more than one million. 6. 'Public health director', a person, including a county health director, who, with appropriate medical consultation, administers and manages public health programs within a county, or a city having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and who meets ector, who, with appropriate medical consultation, administers and manages public health programs within a county, or a city having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and who meets the qualifications as prescribed pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
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