General Summary: Michigan law creates the position of Health Officer as the administrator of the Health Department, charged with the responsibility of taking actions and making determinations necessary to protect the public health and prevent disease, and to carry out the legal function of the Health Department. The Health Officer is appointed by the Board of Commissioners, with concurrence of the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health and is responsible to them.   The Health Officer must maintain effective relationships with state elected officials and their staffs, with the directors of several state departments and their staffs, with elected officials and their staffs in the several municipalities within Ingham County, and