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This position is responsible for providing professional judgement, expert medical and public health guidance to the State Health Officer to ensure that health policy and program resource allocation decisions are appropriate, timely disease prevention actions taken, and that policy reflects sound public health principles and priorities. The incumbent is a statewide medical resource to provide specialty clinical medical guidance and conduct research, especially in the areas of the diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, control, and prevention of communicable diseases.

The incumbent also functions as a visionary and strategic planner, and serves as a program spokesperson with state and federal agencies, state and national professional organizations, and private organizations.