Kittitas County Board of Health

Contents

• Board of Health Members
• Meeting Location and Schedule
• Contact Information
• Legal Authority for Public Health and Boards of Health
• Legislative Authority for Local Health Jurisdictions
• Minutes

  
Board of Health Members

  
Meeting Location and Schedule

Board meetings are held on the third Thursday every month at 10:00 a.m. in the:

Commissioners' Auditorium
Lower County Courthouse
205 W. 5th Avenue
Ellensburg, WA 98926

Meeting Dates

• January 15, 2009
• February 26, 2009
• March 19, 2009
• April 16, 2009
• May 21, 2009
• June 18, 2009
• July 16, 2009
• August 20, 2009
• September 17, 2009
• October 15, 2009
• November 19, 2009
• December 17, 2009

  
Contact Information

Kittitas County Public Health Department
Board of Health
507 N. Nanum Street, Suite 102
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: 509-962-7515
Fax: 509-962-7581
Email: publichealth@co.kittitas.wa.us ‡

  
Legal Authority for Public Health and Boards of Health

• Local health jurisdictions (LHJ) in Washington State are governed by both local and state regulations. The hierarch of rule making authority is as follows:
• The Washington State Legislature has the primary legislative authority for public health, developing the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). Usually RCW's provide general intent, assigning detail to a department of state government or another governmental body.
• A department (Health, Agriculture, Ecology) of state government is granted authority by the Legislature through the RCW to develop administrative rules or chapters of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC).
• The Washington State Constitution established the Washington State Board of Health (SBOH) with authority to develop Washington Administrative Code. The SBOH has developed the majority of rules for the authority and legislative RCS's governing the operations of public health programs.
• A local board of health is granted authority by the Legislature through the RCS's to develop local rules and regulations. The local Boards of Health function separately from the SBOH and will often supplement SBOH rules to address local problems. Local board of health rules cannot be less stringent that SBOH rules.
• A local board of health is also granted authority by the Legislature through the RCW's to develop fees to carry out local and SBOH rules.
• A city is granted authority by the Legislature through the RCW's to develop local ordinances. Cities often have local ordinances governing garbage handling, keeping of livestock, development of wells within the city limits and noise control, which they may request the local health jurisdiction to enforce.

The specific RCW's that provide legal authority for the State and Local Boards of Health are listed in the table below.

  
Legislative Authority for Local Health Jurisdictions

The Washington Public Health infrastructure reflects the concept of "a governmental presence" at the local level: which is responsible for the health of the community. This concept is based on a multi-faceted, multi-level governmental responsibility for assuring that the public health needs of the community are met. It is a responsibility that often involves other agencies in addition to the public health agency at any particular level. The legislative authority for local health jurisdictions is summarized in the following table.

  
Minutes

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