Approved Board Retreat Minutes of March 11, 2023

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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH RETREAT March 11, 2023 o OC has local EH rules. It has been twenty-three years since a complete overhaul of the rules. The 18E Rules have been in effect since 1983. o Some of the major changes include fundamental changes in regulatory functions. There is legislative routes that differ and that determine the process for applications. A small subcommittee of EH staff met to review the rules. A summary will be prepared and sent to the BOH Subcommittee for review after receiving any suggested changes and a fiscal and legal sufficiency review. In October, the proposed EH rules will be presented to the BOH with a public notice published for feedback/comment. Afterwards, the EH rules will be voted in November. • EH Cell Phone Project Angela Sowers, Environmental Health Program Specialist, presented on cell phone contaminations in food settings. Below are some highlights of her presentation. o There were no published articles regarding cell phones in food settings. Surface swab samplings were conducted on the cell phones of the front and back house staff in full service restaurants only, none of them were fast food restaurants. There were 30 facilities that voluntary participated. A set of hypotheses and sampling criteria were established to ensure the same procedure was performed at each facility. Forty-four percent of the phones had E-coli. o A recommended policy regarding cell phone use in food operations was created to prevent cross contamination was created. Brochures were created with brochures in Spanish and English. The recommended policy was purposely made to be equitable (e.g., some persons work multiple jobs; some are single parents and need to receive calls from their children). o Ms. Hudson stated that they're applying for a $10K grant and plan to conduct a full risk factor study. Below is a link to the presentations. • https://www.orangecountync.gov/241/Board-of-Health Community Health Services (CHS) Division Update Dana Crews, CHS Director, presented an update on CHS Division activities. The link to the presentation and brief highlights are below. • https://www.orangecountync.gov/241/Board-of-Health • 2023 Community Health Assessment (CHA) o The next steps are survey development and data collection. The survey questions asked in the last CHA are being reviewed for relevancy. Community events are being held in March and April. Ms. Royce volunteered to be on the Survey and Data Collection Team. A goal of this CHA will be equitably covering the county for primary data collection. Mr. Whitaker asked if attention to S:\Managers Working Files\B0H\Agenda&Abstracts\2023 Agenda&Abstracts/Board Retreat Page 13