Public Meeting Notice  Public Health Council Meeting, March 8, 2023

Note: The March Public Health Council meeting will be held remotely as a video conference consistent with St. 2021, c. 20, s. 20, which provides for certain modifications to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law due to COVID-19. 

Members of the public may listen to the meeting proceedings by using the information below: 

Join by Web:  

https://eohhs.webex.com/eohhs/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4d7bde6339abe4bcf0e64c0adf8ca841

Dial in Telephone Number: 844-621-3956

Access code: 2539 316 6173 

1. ROUTINE ITEMS 

a. Introductions. 

b. Updates from Commissioner Margret Cooke. 

c. Record of the Public Health Council Meeting held February 8, 2023 (Vote). 

2. REGULATIONS 

a. Request to promulgate 105 CMR 800, Registration of Sanitarians (Vote). 

b. Request to promulgate 105 CMR 801, Certified Health Officers (Vote). 

3. INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS 

a. Update on the Office of Problem Gambling Services. 

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.