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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 26, 2015 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Board of Health Annual Policy Review <br /> <br />Attachment(s): 1) 2015 Review Summary <br /> 2) BOH Policies & Procedures (Track Changes) <br /> 3) By-Laws <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Meredith Stewart <br /> <br />Purpose: ___ Action <br /> _X_ Information only <br /> ___ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />Policies and Procedures <br />The Board of Health is required to review their Policies & Procedures each year to meet <br />accreditation standards. <br /> <br />Major recommended edits are summarized in the “2015 Review Summary” and also <br />shown in track changes in the attached policies. <br /> <br />By-Laws <br />Staff also recommends repeal of the Board of Health By-Laws, as initially discussed at <br />last year’s Board of Health meeting. The accreditation guidance on this issue states: <br /> <br />“This activity requires that the BOH have Operating Procedures. Although the BOH may <br />have Bylaws, a set of Bylaws alone will not meet the requirements of this activity. There <br />have been past concerns that local health departments may include items in bylaws that <br />do not comply with state statutes. The Institute of Government recommends that the <br />BOH have operating procedures instead of bylaws. An Operating Procedures template <br />is located on the NCLHDA website. It has been reviewed by the Institute of Government <br />and is free of any potential legal problems. Please note that in many instances a BOH <br />will usually repeal their Bylaws and replace them with the Operating Procedures.” <br />(Accreditation Benchmark 34, Activity 1) <br /> <br />The Operating Procedures template matches the format and content of the Board of <br />Health’s existing Policy III.A. Necessary information from the By-Laws, including Terms <br />of Office, have been moved to Policy III.A. The remainder of the content of the existing