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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle-King County department of public health; and amending Ordinance 12529, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.080.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 1229, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.080 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Since 1951, the city of Seattle and the county have jointly financed and operated a city-county health department. As of January 1, 1981, the city of Seattle and the county established a combined city-county health department known as the Seattle-King County department of public health under chapters 70.05 and 70.08 RCW and certain city ordinances and county resolutions and ordinances. The director of the department shall be jointly appointed by the mayor of the city and the county executive, subject to confirmation by the city and county councils, and may be removed by the county executive, after consultation with the mayor, upon filing a statement of the reasons therefor with the city and county councils as authorized by RCW 70.08.040. The director shall be responsible for the management of the department.
B. As provided in the agreement between King County and the city of Seattle entitled "1996 Agreement Regarding the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health" approved by the county council by Motion 9999, the department shall be responsible for providing a functionally integrated set of services and programs that are fully responsive to urban, suburban city and unincorporated communities. The department shall achieve and sustain healthy people and healthy communities throughout King County by providing public health services that promote health and prevent disease, including, but not limited to: providing needed or mandated prevention or intervention services to address individual and community health concerns; assessing and monitoring the health status of communities; preventing disease, injury, disability and premature de...
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