Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-203
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County superintendent of health - Appointment -
Official statutory text
Compensation.
(a) There is hereby created the office of county superintendent
of health for each county that does not maintain a county department
of health and that does not participate in the maintenance of a
district department of health.
(b) The county superintendent of health shall be a regularly
practicing physician, of good standing and of good moral character,
and shall be a resident of the county for which he is appointed. He
shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the State
Commissioner of Health. He shall be compensated for his services at
a rate to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, subject to
the following limitations: In counties having a population of not
more than ten thousand (10,000), as shown by the last preceding
Federal Decennial Census, he shall be paid not less than Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of
more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than twenty thousand
(20,000), he shall be paid not less than Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more
than twenty thousand (20,000) and not more than forty thousand
(40,000), he shall be paid not less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more
than forty thousand (40,000) and not more than fifty thousand
(50,000), he shall be paid not less than Seven Hundred Dollars
($700.00) per annum; and in counties having such a population in
excess of fifty thousand (50,000), he shall be paid not less than
One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per annum.
(a) There is hereby created the office of county superintendent
of health for each county that does not maintain a county department
of health and that does not participate in the maintenance of a
district department of health.
(b) The county superintendent of health shall be a regularly
practicing physician, of good standing and of good moral character,
and shall be a resident of the county for which he is appointed. He
shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the State
Commissioner of Health. He shall be compensated for his services at
a rate to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, subject to
the following limitations: In counties having a population of not
more than ten thousand (10,000), as shown by the last preceding
Federal Decennial Census, he shall be paid not less than Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of
more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than twenty thousand
(20,000), he shall be paid not less than Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more
than twenty thousand (20,000) and not more than forty thousand
(40,000), he shall be paid not less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) per annum; in counties having such a population of more
than forty thousand (40,000) and not more than fifty thousand
(50,000), he shall be paid not less than Seven Hundred Dollars
($700.00) per annum; and in counties having such a population in
excess of fifty thousand (50,000), he shall be paid not less than
One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per annum.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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