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Dear Ms. Clark:

This office is in receipt of your opinion request regarding a new Health Unit facility for the parish. In your request you state that the Catahoula Parish Police Jury is presently in the planning stages to construct a new Health Unit facility for the parish. You specifically request an opinion from this office as to whether there are any laws that state that this new Health Unit facility would have to be located in the parish seat.

In answer to your question LSA-R.S. 40:12 states,

"Each parish of the state shall provide a health unit or department. These units or departments…