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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION |
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| | | | | | | | | AGENDA DATE: | September 22, 2020 |
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| | | | | | | | | SUBJECT: | Appoint Kevin Hoffman, MD, as the Health Authority for the City of Allen in Accordance with Section 121.033 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. |
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| | | | | | | | | STAFF RESOURCE: | Jon Boyd, Fire Chief
Shelley B. George, City Secretary |
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| | | | | | | | | ACTION PROPOSED: | Appoint Kevin Hoffman, MD, as the Health Authority for the City of Allen in Accordance with Section 121.033 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. |
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| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
In accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, Title 2, Section 121.021, a health authority is a physician appointed for a two-year term to administer state and local laws relating to public healthy within the appointing body's jurisdiction.
A health authority must be a resident of Texas and a competent physician with a reputable professional standing who is legally qualified to practice medicine in this state. Services provided shall include, but are not limited to, establishing, maintaining and enforcing quarantine orders; and advising and assisting with infectious disease control, suppression and prevention services, and general sanitation.
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| | | | | | | | STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the appointment Kevin Hoffman, MD, as the Health Authority for the City of Allen in accordance with Section 121.033 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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| | | | | | | | MOTION
I make a motion to appoint Kevin Hoffman, MD, as the Health Authority for the City of Allen in accordance with Section 121.033 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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