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Department of Health and Human Resources

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Commissioner's Office

Bureau for Public Health Logo> <h3>COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE</h3> <strong>Acting Commissioner: Chris Curtis, M.P.H.<br> Acting Health Officer: Catherine Slemp, M.D., M.P.H.</strong><font color=#000000 face=Arial> <p></p> <p>Bureau for Public Health<br> Commissioner's Office<br> Room 702<br> 350 Capitol Street<br> Charleston, WV 25301- 3712<br> <br> Phone#: 1-304-558-2971 <br> Fax #: 1-304-558-1035 </p> </font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=

As the state's chief health official, the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health sets public health policy and directs public health activities within the state to fulfill essential population-based functions, that include:

  • The assessment of the state's health status and available resources policy development resulting in proposals to support and encourage better health assurance that needed services are available, accessible and of acceptable quality

  • The Commissioner oversees all activities of the Bureau's eight offices and is authorized and/or mandated by law to carry out specific duties relating to the health of the state's citizens. These include intervention in such times as that health would be threatened, as in disease outbreaks, disasters and legal disputes. The Commissioner approves appointments of all county health officers and serves as acting county health officer during such temporary periods as a county may not have an appointed officer. The Commissioner also serves as Executive Secretary of the state Board of Medicine and generally oversees the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists, Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Board of Hearing Aid Dealers.
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This page was last updated 08/14/02.