The State Department of Health is hereby authorized to use funds which it may receive for public health purposes from federal or other governmental agencies or from nongovernmental agencies both within or without the state for the purpose of making grants to counties or districts for the maintenance of full–time health departments. Municipalities, school boards, and other official or nonofficial agencies shall also be permitted to contribute funds toward the maintenance and operation of said departments. All activities carried out through the use of funds so contributed shall be under the direction of the full–time health officer.

Source: SL 1953, ch 129, § 12; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.18A12.