The Public Health Department is governed by the Franklin County Board of Health. Members of the Board of Health are nominated and these nominations are submitted to the Board of Supervisors who then appoint the members of the Board of Health.

Dr. William Paltzer, Chair
Zach Vosburg, Vice-Chair
Teresa Symens, Secretary
Erran Miller
Charlane Pralle-Janssen

The duty of the Board of Health is set out in Iowa Code Section 137.7.

The agency does not discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual preference, handicap, or age in the admission, access to, in the operation of, or employment for its services, programs, and activities. All clients, regardless of disease or disability, will be evaluated in accordance with admission criteria.