KRS 212.420: Director of health -- Qualifications, salary, term, removal.

The director of health may be a physician, qualified as a public health administrator and

licensed or eligible for license as a medical practitioner in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, or may be a nonphysician with a minimum of a master's degree in public

health or a related field and at least five (5) years of experience in a management capacity

with a health department. The director of health shall be appointed by the mayor, and

shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable as other salaries

are paid, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. If said director of health is removed

by the board, he or she shall be notified thereof in writing, and before su ch removal shall

become effective said director shall have ten (10) days within which to make a written

request for a public hearing in regard thereto. The board shall not be required to hold a

hearing unless so requested by said director. If no such request is made said removal shall

become effective upon the expiration of said ten (10) day period. If such request is made

said public hearing shall be held at the office of the board within ten (10) days after such

request is received by the board, and said director shall not be removed until after such

hearing has been held, and a decision rendered by the board. The board's decision shall be

final.