(a) The city manager shall appoint a qualified person as the city health officer. The city health officer shall possess an M.D. degree, be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Texas, and meet all other requirements of state law for a city health officer.
(b) The city manager may appoint a qualified person as environmental health officer. The city environmental health officer must be a registered professional engineer and meet all other qualifications of state law. If an environmental health officer is appointed, he shall perform such duties as may be required by the city manager, by ordinance of the city council, or by state law.
(c) In this article, DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s designated representative. (Ord. Nos. 14163; 14217; 17226; 17293; 27697)