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ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Board of Health Policy and Procedures Manual Section III: Board Adopted Policies Policy III.A.: Operating Procedures Reviewed by: Health Director Approved by: Health Director,Board of Health The Health Director is authorized to enter into a contract with any governmental or private agency or with any person, for the provision or receipt of public health services. The Board of Commissioners or its designee must approve contracts requiring payment for services rendered to the Health Department. The Health Director will discuss with the Board contracts that represent significant deviation from current Board of Health policy prior to authorizing that contract. XII. Amendments to Operating Procedures These operating procedures may be amended at any regular meeting or at any properly called special meeting that includes amendment of the operating procedures as one of the stated purposes of the meeting. A quorum must be present at the meeting at which amendments are discussed and approved, and any amendments must be approved by a majority of the members present at the meeting. XIII. Other Procedural Matters The Board shall refer to Bell, II, A. Fleming. Suggested Rules of Procedure for Small Local Government Boards, Second Edition, Institute of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998 to answer procedural questions not addressed in this document, so long as the procedures prescribed in Suggested Rules of Procedure for Small Local Government Boards do not conflict with North Carolina law. A. Parliamentary Procedures The Board shall refer to the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised(RONR) to answer procedural questions not addressed in this document, so long as the procedures prescribed in RONR do not conflict with North Carolina law. B. Public Comment 1. The BOH will ensure that policies and services of the Orange County Board of Health and Orange County Health Department have considered the health and environmental safety needs of the general population and any at-risk populations of Orange County. The BOH will accomplish this by ensuring that reasonable mechanisms for community/public input are available 2. The Board of Health will reserve a public comment period on each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Each individual will be given a maximum of three minutes for comments, and the public comment period will be limited to 15 minutes each meeting. 3. Annually the Board of Health will receive from the staff of the Health Department the results of patient and client input on services received, including any corrective actions deemed necessary to improve services. C. Procedure for Complaints Review Annually(July) Page 10 of 15 Original Effective Date: February 8, 1979 Revision Dates: 12/18/1980,4/16/1981;4/26/1984; 11/16/2000;2/23/2007; 10/24/2007;4/23/2009,7/24/12, 11/5/13, 11/14,8/15,9/18, 10/19 S:\MANAGERS WORKING FILES\BOH\AGENDAS&ABSTRACTS\2020 Agenda&Abstracts\August 2020\Pdfs for webpage\V.A. Policy Review Attachments\III.Operating Procedures August 2020.doc