HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1999-014 Resolution on State Reorganization of Environmental Health Programs G / Y
Resolution
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PLACING ALL PROGRAMS TRADITIONALLY IN THE
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UNDER THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WHEREAS, Delivery of Environmental Health services to the Citizens of North Carolina is
carried out at the county level by local health department employees; and
WHEREAS, Delivery of Environmental Health services at the local level is funded by local
dollars(97%local and 3% state);and
WHEREAS,Environmental Health services at the local level include on-site wastewater(i.e.
septic systems) food, lodging and institutional sanitation(restaurants, nursing homes, food borne
disease investigation)child care sanitation, child lead program, swimming pools,rabies control,
safe drinking water; and
WHEREAS,Having two different proposed State environmental health authorities for local
health departments is inefficient and will cause regulatory confusion for the public and severely
impact centralized training, authorization,regulatory direction and uniformity; and
WHEREAS,the NC Association of County Commissioners,the NC Association of Local Health
Directors,the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health,the NC Environmental Health
Supervisors Association, and the NC Public Health Association have endorsed the position to
keep environmental health programs together under the State Health Director.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,the Orange County Board of County Commissioners
strongly supports the need to ensure all aspects of environmental health be under the
organizational structure of the Department of Health and Human Services in order to continue to
provide the most effective regulatory program for the citizens of North Carolina for the
protection of the public health and preservation of the environment.
Alice M. Gordon, Chair
Orange County Board of County Commissioners I T 4,
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