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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />March 21, 2002 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 3 March 21, <br />2002 <br />C. Restaurant Grade Card Resolution <br /> <br />Over the last four years, six counties piloted a new sanitation card for <br />restaurants that show only the percent score received by each restaurant. <br />During the 2000-2001 year, the state conducted a survey to determine the <br />direction to go for the entire state. Consumers, restaurant owners, and <br />environmental health specialists were surveyed. <br /> <br />The results of the study did not show a clear direction for the program. The <br />state is leaning towards allowing counties to choose whether to post either the <br />grade or the numeric score. Alamance County recently adopted a resolution to <br />post both the numeric score and the grade of equal size on the same card as a <br />compromise effort to retain uniformity throughout the state. <br /> <br />Board members discussed the merits of posting numeric scores, grades, and <br />both numeric score and grade. <br /> <br />Motion to approve a resol ution asking for the grading systems of restaurants be <br />retained, posting both numeric score and the grade of equal size on the sanitation <br />card, and forward it to the Commission for the Environment was made by Mel <br />Hurston, seconded by Alan Rimer, and carrie d without dissent. <br /> <br />D. Statewide Health Priority Survey <br /> <br />The Division of Public Health’s health education office has requested health <br />departments across the state to choose priority areas during the community <br />assessment process. These are compiled and sometimes used by the state to <br />formulate legislative priorities for the year, including new legislation and <br />revising current legislation. This assessment process is moving to a four-year <br />rolling cycle with one-fourth of the counties preparing an assessment each year. <br /> The Office of Health Education will be requesting this survey to be completed <br />each year to better prepare for the legislative session. <br /> <br />Board members completed the survey and concurred on the following as the top <br />priorities: <br /> <br />• Community Health Promotion and Disease Risk Reduction/Community Health <br />Education <br />Healthy Carolinians <br />Community Health Education <br />Injury Control <br />Nutrition Counseling <br />Tobacco Use Prevention <br />Physical Activity <br />• Food Lodging, Water, Onsite Sewage and Wastewater Disposal, and Other <br />Sanitation <br />Restaurant, Lodging, and Institution Inspection <br />Lead Abatement <br />Pest Management <br />Water Sanitation and Safety <br />Private Water Supply