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Board holds hearing on eye treatment
for newborns
At its July 8 meeting in Port Hadlock, the Board
will hold a public hearing on a proposal to modify the rule relating
to preventive eye treatment for newborns. The Board will also
discuss a petition for rule making on the keeping of animals and hear
updates on group B drinking water systems and the school
environmental health and safety rule. A
final agenda and
meeting materials
are available.
Board considered adoption of school
environmental health and safety rule
At its June 10 meeting in Olympia, the Board adopted
a motion to further amend the proposed update to its school
environmental health and safety rule. The Board directed staff to
add language to the rule proposal to reflect statutory limitations
on implementing new rules on school facilities through the 2009-2011
biennium unless legislatively funded. The Board further directed
staff to make other changes to the draft to allow the Board's
existing school environmental health and safety rule to remain
effective until new provisions may be implemented. The Board
scheduled an August 12 meeting to hold a new hearing on the revised
proposal.
The Department of Health briefed the Board on emergency rule making
for provisional condition notification of H1N1 Influenza A virus
("swine flu") infections. The Board also approved a request from the
Department of Health to delegate rule making for lead and copper
rule requirements for Group A public drinking water supplies. Other
items on the agenda included a briefing on the status of clandestine
drug lab rule making and a review of the 2009 legislative session.
Meeting materials
are available.
Swine flu information
State, local, and federal health officials are investigating
several cases of a new strain of flu, H1N1. For more information,
visit the Department's
Web site or CDC's
Web site.
Board completes Health Impact Review on
Governor's proposed budget cuts to the health care and human services
safety net.
In response to a legislative request, the Board completed a health impact
review (HIR) on the
Governor's proposed budget cuts to the health care and human services
safety net. More information.
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