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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 29, 2006 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 3 June 29, 2006 One of the graduate residents that rotated through the Health Department from the School of Dentistry is completing his residency at the end of June. He indicated that he would be interested in a one-year commitment to provide dental services to the Health Department. Dr. Zaritsky holds a Canadian dental license and successfully completed his graduate dental residency at UNC this June; however, because he does not hold a North Carolina dental license, he cannot practice dentistry in North Carolina unless he is a faculty member of the UNC School of Dentistry and providing dental education. The UNC School of Dentistry is offering Dr. Zaritsky a position as a Visiting Clinical Professor and is willing to contract with the Health Department to provide clinical dental services for the fiscal year 2006-2007. The dentist under this contract arrangement would also be supervising the Graduate Dental Resident that typically provides services to the Health Department and would supervise all dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental assisting students currently rotating through the Health Department. This one-year arrangement would give the Department time to work through the details on a loan repayment option and still provide services to our residents. C. Acceptance of Grant Funds for Continuation of Primary Care The Health Department received notification of Community Health Grant Continuation funding for FY 07 in the amount of $43,346. This is the same amount of funding as in FY 06 and is based on successful achievement of our 06 projections. We are maintaining the same monthly projections as in 06 but expanded to 9 months. The continued funding will be applied to the Primary Care Program. The department will apply in FY 08 for an expansion grant if available as anticipated. Motion to approve the minutes of May 25, 2006 and items on the Consent Agenda was made by Moses Carey, Jr., seconded by Alice White, and carried without dissent. V. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action A. Community Water Study Parameters Policy At the May 24th meeting the Board considered some guidelines on water and septic studies in response to community requests for special studies. Rosemary Summers reported that staff developed this into a draft policy that was presented to the Board of Commissioners on June 13. The Board of Commissioners asked that the Board of Health to further specify and delineate the items contained in the bullets. Alice White asked for clarification of action to be taken relative to the bullets. The Board of Commissioners also asked that the item referring to “studies for the extension of water and sewer” be eliminated as this is outside the purview of the Health Department. One Commissioner also asked for an outline of what prospective studies would look like rather than retrospective studies.