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Question of the Day By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press - Monday, February 1, 2021
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Legislature is considering a measure that would require the state’s health officer to be a practicing licensed physician .
The Republican-backed bill comes after a trio of health officers hand-picked by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum quit while the coronavirus pandemic was worsening in the state. Dirk Wilke, who has no medical training, has been the interim state health officer since September.
Mike Nowatzki, spokesman for the governor’s office, said Monday a new health officer will be hired soon, and the “candidate” is a physician from out of state. He would not elaborate.
The bill would require that the state health officer be a North Dakota licensed physician, which the bill's primary sponsor said is an important qualification to have as North Dakota's top health official.
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