OAR 333-014-0520
Local Public Health Administrators

(1) An individual appointed by a local public health authority to be the local public health administrator should have the following qualifications:
(a) A bachelor’s degree; and
(b) Public health work experience and education that demonstrates competencies in the foundational programs as defined by ORS 431.141 (Foundational programs) and foundational capabilities as defined by ORS 431.131 (Foundational capabilities).
(2) Upon appointment of a local public health administrator a local public health authority must provide notice of the appointment to the Authority along with a copy of the administrator’s resume or curriculum vitae.
(3) A local public health authority shall employ, full-time, a local public health administrator unless the Authority approves a local public health authority’s request to permit the administrator to work less than full time. To seek approval for a less than full-time local public health administrator the governing body of a local public health authority must submit, in writing, a request for approval to the State Public Health Director with the following information:
(a) The number of hours per week the local public health authority intends the administrator to work; and
(b) How the administrator, if working less than full-time, can fulfill the requirements in ORS 431.418 (Local public health administrator)(3).
(4) The Authority will inform the local public health authority in writing whether the request to have a less than full-time administrator is approved or denied and the decision will be based on whether the Authority determines that the administrator can fulfill the requirements in ORS 431.418 (Local public health administrator)(3) working less than full-time.

Source: Rule 333-014-0520 — Local Public Health Administrators, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-014-0520 (accessed May 26, 2025).

May 26, 2025

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