372. The Minister, on the recommendation of the agency, shall appoint a public health director.
The Minister shall appoint a person to represent the Minister in the process of selection of the public health director.
The public health director must be a physician trained in community health care or, exceptionally, having five years of experience in the practice of community health care and shall be appointed for a term of not more than four years. At the expiry of the term, the public health director shall remain in office until replaced or reappointed.
1991, c. 42, s. 372; 2001, c. 24, s. 58; 2005, c. 32, s. 227; 2009, c. 45, s. 34; 2017, c. 212017, c. 21, s. 4411.