A State Surgeon General is the operational head and senior spokesperson on public health in a single state of the
United States of America
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, the state equivalent of the
Surgeon General of the United States
The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...
.
Pennsylvania created the position of "physician general" in 1996. Michigan had their first surgeon general in 2003, followed by Arkansas and Florida in 2007. In 2019, California became the fifth state to establish such an office.
Should every US state have its own surgeon general? California latest state to have top doc
in The Nation's Health
''The Nation's Health'' is the monthly newspaper of the American Public Health Association, a source of news from and for the public health field. The newspaper covers issues of interest to public health professionals, including news on federal, ...
(APHA
The acronym APHA may refer to:
* American Paint Horse Association, a horse breed registry
* American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
* American Public Health Association
** APHA color, a color standard named for the American Public Health Associati ...
)
List of positions
* Surgeon General of Arkansas
* Surgeon General of California
* Surgeon General of Florida
* Physician General of Pennsylvania
* Surgeon General of Michigan
See also
* State governments of the United States
* State constitutional officer (United States)
In the United States, each U.S. state, state and Territories of the United States, territory has constitutional officers who lead the state governments of the United States. These officers may be elected or appointed, depending on the position. ...
* Surgeon general
References
United States Department of Health and Human Services officials
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