§ 100295 Local Health Department Standards

• •The health department must set education and experience rules for local health staff.
• •It also must set rules for how local health departments are organized and run.
• •The rules can include how to keep records of services, money, and spending, and when to report them.

A town wants to hire a new public health nurse. Before hiring, the town must check the education and experience standards that the state health department set, and follow any record‑keeping rules the department requires.

The town looks at the standards the health department made, makes sure the nurse meets them, and then keeps the required records the way the director says.