Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-203: County superintendent of health - Appointment -

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.