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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH DECEMBER 18, 1997 Board of Health 2 December 18, 1997 Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman The motion to approve the Smart Start Dental Contract was made by Janet Southerland, seconded by Beverly Foster and carried without dissent. 5. APPROVE: HOME VISITING PROPOSAL, PRESENTED BY EILEEN KUGLER The legislature has made available funding for six intensive home visiting demonstration projects. Twenty-four counties have been invited, including Orange County. This will range between $100,000 - $150,000 per year for two years and the funding will come through the Health Department. The proposal was included in the Board packet for this meeting. The motion to approve the Home Visiting Proposal was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Cleon Currie and carried without dissent. CHILD FATALITY PREVENTION TEAM REPORT, PRESENTED BY EILEEN KUGLER A copy of the Child Fatality Prevention Team Report was included for Board of Health members in the Agenda Packet for the December 18, 1997 meeting. The Child Fatality Prevention Team is under the auspices of the health department and was created by legislation. The purpose of the team is to promote understanding of the causes of childhood death, to identify deficiencies in the delivery of services to children and families by public agencies, and to make and carry out recommendations for changes that will prevent future child deaths. Recommendations of the Orange County Child Fatality Prevention Team are included in the report to the Board of Health. 6. RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WHITE PAPER, PRESENTED BY RON HOLDWAY The Board of Health was presented a report “Environmental Health White Paper”, for information only in the Board packet for this meeting. REVIEW “ADVERSE PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITION”, PRESENTED BY RON HOLDWAY The purpose of the report, included in the Board packet for this meeting, is to inform the Board of Health of developments that could affect the Board of Health rules and environmental health operations. The environmental health staff has recently been involved in discussions surrounding the public health references in both the County’s Water and Sewer Policy and the draft agreement from the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force (WSBTF). Both documents currently contain the phrase “Public Health Emergency” as a condition for the extension of public utilities into designated watershed areas or “service areas”. As the discussions go further, the Board may be asked by the Board of County Commissioners and the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force to adopt the phrase “adverse public health condition” and its definition as a rule or policy. 7. APPROVE DENTAL DIRECTOR CONTRACT, PRESENTED BY DAN REIMER Since the inception of the dental program, the Dental Director, Dr. Eugene S. Sandler, has been a faculty member of UNC School of Dentistry. Until now, the School of Dentistry has not sought reimbursement for the service Dr. Sandler provides as Dental Director, however, the school has requested reimbursement for the services of Dr. Sandler in the same way that other faculty are reimbursed for their services. Since the Health Department pays the School of Medicine for the Medical Director, it would be consistent to pay the School of Dentistry for the Dental Director. The school is requesting the same amount that we pay other dental faculty who attend residents, $200.00 dollars per day at fifty (50) days per year, or $10,000.00 dollars on an annual basis. Because the Board of Commissioners can only contract for a period ending in the current fiscal year, the attached contract request $5,000.00 dollars for the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998, to be renewed annually thereafter. The motion to approve the Dental Director Contract was made by Janet Southerland, seconded by Beverly Foster and carried without dissent.