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(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the executive director shall be a physician who is a graduate of a regularly chartered and legally constituted medical school, licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all branches in the state, who has successfully completed:
(a) a master's degree of public health from an accredited school of public health or from an accredited program of public health and has at least three years professional full-time experience in a senior level administrative capacity; or
(b) at least one year's graduate work in an accredited school of public health and has at least five years professional full-time experience, of which at least three years have been in public health in a senior level administrative capacity.
(2) If the executive director is not a physician under Subsection (1), the executive director shall:
(a)
(i) have successfully completed at least a master's degree of public health or public administration from an accredited school of public health or from an accredited program of public health or public administration; and
(ii) have at least five years of professional full-time experience, of which at least two years have been in public health in a senior level administrative capacity; or
(b) have at least five years of professional full-time experience in public health programs, of which at least three years have been in a senior level administrative capacity.
(3) An executive director shall be thoroughly informed and experienced in all aspects of public health work.
(4) If the executive director is not a physician:
(a) a deputy director of the department shall have:
(i) successfully completed at least one year's graduate work in an accredited school of public health or an accredited program of public health; and
(ii) at least five years of professional full-time experience in public health programs; and
(b) if the individual described in Subsection (4)(a) is not a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state, a deputy director of the department shall be a physician who has experience in public health and is licensed to practice medicine in the state.