Public Meeting Notice  Public Health Council Meeting, October 12, 2022

Note: The October 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=edb9448116b92ae170f675137596201ab  

Dial in Telephone Number: 844-621-3956

Access code: 2535 380 8560 

Agenda:

1. ROUTINE ITEMS 

   1. Introductions. 

   2. Updates from Commissioner Margret Cooke.

      1.  Update on implementation of 105 CMR 130, Hospital Licensure 

   3. Record of the Public Health Council Meeting held September 14, 2022 (Vote). 

2. PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS 

   1. Overview of proposed amendments to 105 CMR 170, Emergency Medical Services System. 

   2. Overview of proposed amendments to 105 CMR 171, Massachusetts First Responder Training. 

3. REGULATIONS 

   1. Request to promulgate amendments to 105 CMR 410, Minimum standards of fitness for human habitation (State Sanitary Code, chapter II) (Vote). 

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.