Health - Historical Notes

The following summaries are included herein for reference purposes.

1. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 753, required the State Board of Pharmacist Examiners to issue licenses to practice pharmacy to persons in Carroll County who were at least 26 years of age and had studied and trained under a registered pharmacist in Tennessee for at least 8 years.
2. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 480, authorized Joe DeWitt, who had been practicing veterinary medicine and surgery for over 15 years, to continue to practice veterinary medicine in Carroll County without any further authority than this act.
3. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 481, authorized Henry Joyner, who had been practicing veterinary medicine and surgery for over 20 years, to continue to practice veterinary medicine in Carroll County without any further authority than this act.
4. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 482, authorized W. S. Butler, who had been practicing veterinary medicine and surgery for over 30 years, to continue to practice veterinary medicine in Carroll County without any further authority than this act.
5. Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 43, created a five-member Carroll County General Hospital Board of Trustees in the town of Huntingdon.  The Trustees would serve for a term of three years.  The Trustees would have full charge of the operation and maintenance of the Carroll County General Hospital.  The act set out the duties of the Trustees, which included selection and approval of the medical staff.  The Trustees were to employ and appoint a Hospital Administrator, whose duties were set out in the act.  The act authorized the Quarterly County Court to levy a property tax in Carroll County for the operation of the hospital.
6. Private Acts of 1972, Chapter 340, amended Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 43, to increase the term of the Trustees to five years.
7. Private Acts of 1983, Chapter 41, repealed Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 43, and Private Acts of 1972, Chapter 340.