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1989 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1989)

handle is hein.sag/sagco0035 and id is 1 raw text is: Duane Woodard
Attorney General
Charles B. Howe                                         STATE SERVICES BUILDING
Chief Deputy Attorney General                               1525 Sherman Street
Richard H. Forman         DDenver, Colorado 80203
Solicitor General       OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL  Phone 866-3611 & 866-3621
FAX (303) 866-5001
May 1, 1989
Timothy W. Schultz
Executive Director
Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman Street, Room 518
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE:   Whether Boards of County Commissioners Can Remove Health
Board Members Without Cause
AG Alpha No. LO AD AGARC
AG File No. ONR8902146/ARC
Dear Mr. Schultz:
This opinion letter responds to your memorandum of March 17,
1989, in which you inquired whether the Las Animas Board of
County Commissioners can remove, without cause, members of the
county's health board.
QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION
Your request for an Attorney General's opinion presents the fol-
lowing question:
1. May Boards of County Commissioners remove members of their
boards of health without cause?
No.
ANALYSIS
Sections 25-1-501 and 502(1), C.R.S. (1982 & 1988 Supp.) permit
boards of county commissioners to establish and maintain county
boards of health. Section 25-1-502(2), C.R.S. (1982) sets the
term of appointment for members of county health boards:
Every county board of health shall consist
of five members to be appointed by the

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