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MINUTES - Draft <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> August 25, 2021 <br /> Motion to host the Community Engagement Session was made by Alison Stuebe, <br /> seconded by Bruce Baldwin, and carried without dissent. <br /> VII. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action <br /> A. Health Director Report <br /> In addition to her report, some of items Ms. Stewart briefly highlighted are below. <br /> • The Environmental Health staff held its annual mobile home park inspections at <br /> Ridgewood. They answered numerous questions. Animal Services also attended. <br /> There were many positive responses received. <br /> • Victoria Hudson, Environmental Health Director, received the Trenton G. Davis Award at <br /> the 58t' Annual Conference of Eastern District NC Public Health Association <br /> (EDNCPHA) held on August 11, 2021. The award is the EDNCPHA's highest award for <br /> environmental health professionals, presented in recognition of distinguished and <br /> devoted service. <br /> • Legislative Updates: <br /> o The House has approved its budget and it includes the $36 million for Communicable <br /> Disease for public health. <br /> o Senate Bill 191 (No Patient Left Alone Act) an act providing patient visitation rights <br /> will not be impacted during declared disasters and emergencies and directing the <br /> DHHS to impose a civil penalty for any violation of those rights; going back to Senate <br /> for review after multiple revisions. <br /> o State law (Session Law 2021-110) changed on August 20, 2021, and health care <br /> providers are now required to obtain written consent from a parent or legal guardian <br /> of a minor prior to administrating any vaccine that that has been granted emergency <br /> use authorization and is not yet fully approved by the United States Food and Drug <br /> Administration to an individual under 18 years of age. As Pfizer has received final <br /> FDA approval, those 16 years of age and older don't need written permission, only <br /> those ages 12 -15 require it. <br /> B. COVID-19 Update <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, gave an update on the COVID-19 status in Orange County <br /> (OC) as well as took questions from the Board. Some highlights are below. <br /> • The Governor has extended the State of Emergency for NC. The BOCC will reassess <br /> after Labor Day whether the advisory boards will still meet virtually. <br /> • As of today: <br /> o The Delta variant is still the most prevalent in NC due to its high rate of transmission. <br /> o According to the county alert system, OC is in the red tier, which indicates high <br /> community spread. <br /> o In the last 7 days in OC, there were 194 new cases and 1 additional death. <br /> o The percent positive case rate is 3.5%. <br /> o There were 2 outbreaks in nursing homes — Parkview and Signature Health. <br /> • The state has changed the way it displays their data. It's broken down by age and <br /> shows data for those eligible to be vaccinated vs the population as a whole including <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ <br /> August Page 6 <br />