File #: BOH22-02    Version:
Type: R&R Status: Passed
File created: In control: Board of Health
On agenda: Final action: 5/19/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A RULE AND REGULATION relating to the membership of the King County board of health and hybrid meetings; and amending R&R 1, Amendment Section 2, as amended, and BOH 2.04.020, R&R 09-04, Section 2, as amended, and BOH 2.04.035, R&R 09-04, Section 3, and BOH 2.04.045, R&R 09-04, Section 5, as amended, and BOH 2.04.065 and R&R 09-04, Section 8, as amended, and BOH 2.04.165.
Attachments: 1. R&R BOH 22-02 - DOCUSIGN, 2. BOH22-02_Staff Report_BOHRestructure_May19.pdf, 3. Amendment Tracker RRBOH22-02.pdf, 4. RRBOH22-02_Amend1_Jingle Fix bar.docx, 5. RRBOH22-02_Amend2_AgendaHybrid bar.docx, 6. RRBOH22-02_Amend3_SubsectionG_Hybrid bar_May3.docx, 7. RRBOH22-02_T2_TitleAmendment_+Rule5-Rule6 bar.docx, 8. BOH22-02_SR_BOHRestructure_final413.pdf
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A RULE AND REGULATION relating to the membership of the King County board of health and hybrid meetings; and amending R&R 1, Amendment Section 2, as amended, and BOH 2.04.020, R&R 09-04, Section 2, as amended, and BOH 2.04.035, R&R 09-04, Section 3, and BOH 2.04.045, R&R 09-04, Section 5, as amended, and BOH 2.04.065 and R&R 09-04, Section 8, as amended, and BOH 2.04.165.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Created in 2004 in accordance with state law, the King County Board of Health sets countywide public health policy, enacts and enforces local public health regulations and carries out the duties of local boards of health as specified in RCW 70.05.060 including preventing and controlling the spread of infectious disease, abating nuisances and establishing fee schedules for licenses and permits.
2. In May 2021, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1152 was signed into law as Chapter 205, Laws of Washington 2021, modifying the structure of local boards of health. Chapter 205, Laws of Washington 2021 requires that the membership of the King County Board of Health be modified so that the number of boardmembers who are elected officials representing the county and its cities and towns equals the number of members who are not elected officials, with one of those nonelected members selected by the American Indian Health Commission of Washington State and the remaining nonelected members selected by the King County Board of Health from three specific categories of interests. The selected candidates would be appointed by the King County council. Those changes to state law take effect on July 1, 2022.
3. The King County Board of Health passed Resolution 20-08 in February 2020, declaring racism a public health crisis. The board is committed to addressing racial equity and as such welcomes the encouragement in Chapter 205, Laws of Washington 2021 to recruit nonelected members representing consumers of public health to be from historically marginalized and underrepr...

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