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MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> March 27, 2024 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To promote and protect <br /> health, enhance quality of life, and preserve the environment for everyone in Orange County. <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON March 27, 2024, at the Orange <br /> County Health Department, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Aparna Jonnal — Chair, Alison Stuebe—Vice <br /> Chair, Keith Bagby, Bruce Baldwin, Commissioner Amy Fowler, Davia Nickelson, Lee Pickett, <br /> and Tony Whitaker. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Brian Crandell, Shielda Rodgers, and Rachel <br /> Royce. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Quintana Stewart, Health Director; Dana Crews, Community Health <br /> Services Director; Victoria Hudson, Environmental Health Director; Carla Julian, Public Health <br /> Nursing Director; Frederick Perschau, Finance and Administrative Services Director; Thomas <br /> Privott, Environmental Health Supervisor; Marcy Williams, Health Promotion and Education <br /> Services Manager; McKayla Creed, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator; Bianca Rodriguez, Public <br /> Health Nurse I; and Jean Phillips-Weiner, BOH Strategic Plan Manager. <br /> GUESTS/VISITORS PRESENT: Samantha Luu, Heather Pack, and Elizabeth LoFrese. <br /> I. Welcome New Employees <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, introduced the new employee in attendance: Bianca <br /> Rodriguez— Public Health Nurse I. <br /> II. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda: None. <br /> III. Board Comments <br /> Dr. Davia Nickelson <br /> Dr. Nickelson shared that there are new radiation shielding recommendations for dental x- <br /> rays from the American Dental Association (ADA), which are less stringent than past <br /> requirements and involve less shielding. She added that these have not yet been instated in NC <br /> but that they may be in the future. In response to Dr. Baldwin's question about why the <br /> recommendations have been loosened, Dr. Nickelson explained that the radiation exposure <br /> amount from dental x-rays is very low, with a single x-ray containing less radiation than what the <br /> average person is exposed to in a day. She also said that new technology allows the radiation <br /> to be targeted much more precisely, reducing the need for stringent shielding outside of the <br /> immediate area of the x-ray. <br /> Dr. Jonnal agreed that the use of x-rays has been liberalized in medicine because radiation has <br /> become more targeted, mentioning that pregnancy tests are no longer mandatory before every <br /> x-ray. <br /> Dr. Bruce Baldwin <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agendas &Abstracts\2024 Agenda and Abstracts/ <br /> March Page 1 <br />