(1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements for the recruitment, selection, and appointment process of nonelected members of local boards of health. The processes established in this chapter are intended to be fair, unbiased, and ensure to the extent practicable that the membership of local boards of health include a balanced representation of elected officials and nonelected people with a diversity of expertise and lived experience.

(2) The provisions of this chapter apply to the following:

(a) A county without a home rule charter in which the jurisdiction of the local board of health is coextensive with the boundaries of the county as established in RCW 70.05.030;

(b) A county with a home rule charter in which the jurisdiction of the local board of health is coextensive with the boundaries of the county as established in RCW 70.05.035;

(c) A health district consisting of two or more counties in which the jurisdiction of the district board of health is coextensive with the combined boundaries of the counties as established in RCW 70.46.020; and

(d) A health district consisting of one county in which the jurisdiction of the district board of health is coextensive with the boundary of the county as established in RCW 70.46.031.

(3) The provisions of this chapter apply only to the recruitment, selection and appointment of persons who are not elected officials who are identified in RCW 70.05.030 (1)(a), 70.05.035 (1)(a), 70.46.020 (1)(a), and 70.46.031 (1)(a).