Board holds continuation hearing on school
environmental health and safety rule
At its
September 10
meeting in Olympia,
the Board will continue a
public hearing on its school environmental health and safety rule
and will consider whether to adopt the proposed rules. The
Board will hear a
summary of additional comments received since the August 27 hearing
in Spokane.
A final
agenda is attached.
Meeting materials will be available on Friday, September 5.
Board held hearing on school environmental health
and safety rule
At its August 27 meeting in Spokane, the Board held a public
hearing on its school environmental health and safety rule. Prior to
the hearing the Board discussed differences between the June
draft and the published draft as well as reviewed comments received.
Meeting materials
are available.
Board files formal rule proposal for
School Environmental Health and Safety
After more than
four years of working with stakeholders through a variety of
workgroups and discussion drafts, the Washington State Board of
Health has filed an official proposal for updating its K-12 school
environmental health and safety rule.
The Board will
hold a public hearing on August 27 at the Red Lion Hotel at
the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane. The hearing will be
continued on September 10 at the Red Lion Hotel, 2300
Evergreen Park Drive, Olympia. Both hearings start at 1 p.m.
Please click here
to read more information about the public hearing, how to provide
public testimony, legislative interest in the rule proposal, and
major new provisions in the proposal.
Written testimony may be submitted to the Board on-line through the
DOH rule comment Web site,
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/policyreview/, or by sending an e-mail to
School.Rule@doh.wa.gov.
Written comments will be accepted through September 10, 2008.
Board discussed school environmental
health and safety rule revision, HIV counseling and testing rule
At its June 11 meeting in Puyallup, the Board received multiple
briefings and discussed next steps related to its school environmental
health and safety rule. The briefings included how other states
provide for school environmental health and safety;
the Office of the Education Ombudsman; and draft rule
proposed for publication, policy elements and economic analyses.
Other items on the agenda included a briefing on requests for rule
revisions and next steps on its HIV counseling and testing rule and
a discussion on its preliminary 2009-2011 strategic plan. A
final agenda
and meeting materials
are available.
Board held hearings on shellfish
related illness, newborn screening
At its May 14 meeting in Eastsound, the Board discussed rules
related to schools, shellfish and newborn screening. It held
a public hearing on, and adopted, changes to the shellfish
rule intended to control Vibrio parahaemolyticus. It also
held a public hearing on, and adopted, a proposal to add 15 disorders to
the list of genetic conditions for which all newborns must be
tested. The Board received an update on the school
environmental health and safety rule development process. Other
items on the agenda included a briefing on the Health of Washington
State report and discussion with the San Juan County Board of Health
about local issues. A
final agenda and
meeting materials are available.
