THE PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH              
HENRY I. BOWDITCH PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL ROOM, 2ND FLOOR
250 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA

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Revised Docket:  Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 9:00 AM       
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1.	ROUTINE ITEMS:  No Floor Discussion

a)	Compliance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30A, §11A ½ (No Vote)

b)	Record of the Public Health Council Meeting of February 13, 2008 (Not heard – pulled from agenda)

2.	PROPOSED REGULATIONS:  No Floor Discussion (No Vote/Information Only)

a)	Informational Briefing on Proposed Amendments to Minimum Standards Governing Medical Records and the Conduct of Physical Examinations in Correctional Facilities – 105 CMR 205.000

b)	Informational Briefing on Proposed Regulations for the Congenital Anomalies Registry – 105 CMR 302.000

3.	FINAL REGULATION:  No Floor Discussion (Not heard – pulled from agenda)

Request for Final Promulgation of Amendments to Minimum Requirements for the Management of Medical or Biological Waste, State Sanitary Code, Chapter VIII – 105 CMR 480.000

DETERMINATION OF NEED PROGRAM:  

4.	COMPLIANCE MEMORANDUM:  (Approved)

Previously Approved Project of Merrimack Valley Health Services, Inc. – Request for a Transfer of Site of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging unit from one of four hospital based sites to a free-standing site in North Andover

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5.	PRESENTATIONS:  (No Vote/Information Only)  

“2007 Health and Risk Behaviors of Massachusetts Youth (Results of Youth Health Survey)”, by Anthony Roman, Ph.D., Director, University of Massachusetts – Boston Center for Survey Research; Carol Goodenow, Ph.D., Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and Donna Johnson, Director, MDPH Division of Primary Care and Health Access 

“Congenital Anomalies Registry”, by Sally Fogerty, Director, Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition and Marlene Anderka, Director, Massachusetts Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

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The Commissioner and the Public Health Council are defined by law as constituting the Department of Public Health.  The Council has one regular meeting per month.  These meetings are open to public attendance except when the Council meets in Executive Session.  The Council’s meetings are not hearings, nor do members of the public have a right to speak or address the Council.  The docket will indicate whether or not floor discussions are anticipated.  For purposes of fairness since the regular meeting is not a hearing and is not advertised as such, presentations from the floor may require delaying a decision until a subsequent meeting.