Oregon Revised Statutes Public Health and Safety § 431.418

(1) Each local public health authority shall appoint a qualified local public health administrator to supervise the activities of the local public health authority. In making an appointment under this subsection, the local public health authority shall consider standards for selection of local public health administrators prescribed by the Oregon Health Authority.

(2) When the local public health administrator is a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board, the local public health administrator shall serve as the local health officer for the local public health authority. When the local public health administrator is not a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board, the local public health administrator shall employ or otherwise contract for services with a local health officer who is a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board to perform the specific medical responsibilities requiring the services of a physician. A physician employed or whose services are contracted for under this subsection is responsible to the local public health administrator for the medical and paramedical aspects of the public health programs administered by the local public health administrator.

(3) The local public health administrator shall:

(4) A local public health administrator shall serve until removed by the appointing local public health authority. A local public health administrator may not engage in an occupation that conflicts with the local public health administrator's official duties and shall devote sufficient time to fulfilling the requirements of subsection (3) of this section. However, if the governing body of a local public health authority is not established under ORS 431.443 (3), the local public health authority may, with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, require the local public health administrator to work less than full-time.

(5) A local public health administrator shall receive a salary fixed by the appointing board and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties.