King County Board of Health meeting on December 9, 2005

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON - The King County Board of Health will hold its next meeting on Friday, December 9, 2005, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

The meeting will be held at:

King County Council Chambers
10th Floor, King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue, Seattle

Agenda

1.	Call to order
2.	Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
3.	Approval of Minutes of October 21, 2005 (Action Item)
4.	General Public Comments
5.	Chair's Report
6.	Board Members' Updates
7.	Director's Report
8.	Administrator's Report
9.	Revision of Personal Health Services Fees (Action item) Marcy Maurer, Assistant Director, Community Health Services Division, Public Health - Seattle & King County, will present, for Board adoption, proposed revisions to Title 3 of the Code of the King County Board of Health on Personal Health Services Fees and Charges.
10.	Briefing: Initiative 901 (Anti-Smoking Initiative) Tony Gomez, Interim Manager, Prevention Division, Public Health - Seattle & King County; Roger Valdez, Program Manager, Tobacco Prevention Program, Public Health - Seattle & King County, and Roman Welyczko, Enforcement Coordinator, Environmental Health, Public Health - Seattle & King County, will present an overview of the provisions of Initiative 901 (the Anti-smoking Initiative) and initial plans for education and enforcement.
11.	Briefing: Mortality Data for the King County Jail (Seattle and Kent) Bette Pine, Manager, Jail Health Services, Public Health - Seattle & King County, Dr. Ben Sanders, Jail Medical Director, Jail Health Services, Public Health- Seattle & King County, and Reed Holtgeerts, Director, Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention, will present jail mortality data and protocols for staff response and investigation in case of an inmate death.
13.	Adjournment

Sign language, communication material in alternate formats or other reasonable accommodations can be arranged. Please call 206-296-5680 or use Washington Relay Service at 711.

If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda, please call Kathy Uhlorn, Board of Health Administrator, at 206-296-5680 or via email at Kathleen.Uhlorn@metrokc.gov. Visit the King County Board of Health web pages for information about the Board: www.metrokc.gov/health/boh

Public Health – Seattle & King County is among the largest metropolitan health departments in the country, providing effective and innovative health and disease prevention services that achieve and sustain safer and healthier communities for over 1.8 million residents and visitors of King County . Answering the needs of an increasingly diverse population, Public Health - Seattle & King County touches people's lives every day through health promotion and prevention activities, disease surveillance, health care, outreach and referral services, environmental health services, emergency medical care, jail health services, and readiness and response to public health emergencies.

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