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Ala. Code § 22-3-4 (2026)

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The county health officer, elected as provided in Section 22-3-2, shall devote all of his time to official work and shall, under no circumstances, engage in private practice. He shall, under the direction of the State Health Officer and the county board of health, have sole direction of all sanitary and public health work within the county, including incorporated municipalities, and shall employ for his assistants, subject to the provisions of the appropriate merit system, such number of physicians, nurses, clerks, inspectors and other employees as are found necessary to accomplish the work. The county health officer may remove from office any assistant or employee, subject to the rules of the appropriate merit system.

(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1055; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §12.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1988–2012 · leading case: Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, 701 F.3d 655 (11th Cir. 2012).
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Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, 701 F.3d 655 (11th Cir. 2012). “The Health Department is a state agency entitled to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment, and the Health Department is immune from a complaint of employment discrimination under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Williams v. Madison Cnty. Bd., Health, Williams v. Madison Cnty. Bd., Health, 523 So.2d 453 (ala.civ.app. 1988), 523 So. 2d 453 (Ala. Civ. App. 1988). “Section 22-3-4. They receive their salaries from the comptroller of the State of Alabama through the State Health Department finance office.”
Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, No. 11-14258 (11th Cir. Sept. 17, 2012). “See Ala. Code § 22-3-4 . 9 Case: 11-14258 Date Filed: 09/17/2012 Page: 10 of 11 The district court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the Department and against Ross’s complaint of discrimination based on her disability.”
Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, No. 11-14258 (11th Cir. Nov. 15, 2012). “See Ala. Code § 22-3-4 . The district court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the Health Department and against Ross’s complaint of discrimination based on her disability.”
Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, No. 11-14258 (11th Cir. Sept. 17, 2012). “See Ala. Code § 22-3-4 . 9 Case: 11-14258 Date Filed: 09/17/2012 Page: 10 of 11 The district court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the Department and against Ross’s complaint of discrimination based on her disability.”
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