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A RESOLUTION appointing alternate local health officers for Mason County for the year 2016.
WHEREAS, Dr. Diana Yu is currently appointed by the Board of Health of Mason County
(hereinafter Board) as the primary local health officer for Mason County; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of Mason County to provide continuous health officer
coverage in the absence of the primary appointed health officer; and
WHEREAS,the Board desired to appoint alternate local health officers for the year 2016 to
provide back-up coverage for the primary local health officer for Mason County; and
WHEREAS,the alternate local health officers meet the statutory qualifications set out in Chapter
70.05 RCW,
NOW,THEREFORE,the Board of Health of Mason County does resolve as follows:
Section 1. That Alan Melnick, MD, MPH, Health Officer,Clark County;Jennifer Vines, MD, MPH
Health Officer for Cowlitz County Public Health;Sarah Present, MD, MPH, Health Officer for Skamania
County Public Health;James Edstam, MD, MPH, Health Officer for Pacific County;.John Bausher, MD,
Health Officer for Grays Harbor County; Rachel Wood, MD, MPH, Health Officer for Thurston and Lewis
Counties,and Dean Gushee, MD, Mason General Hospital shall be appointed to act as alternate local
- health officers for Mason County for the year 2016 in the absence of Dr. Diana Yu or other primary local
health officer appointed by the Board of Health for Mason County.
Section 2. The appointment of the alternative local health officers shall be activated when
contacted to act in the capacity of the local health officer for Mason County by the following individuals:
(1)the primary local health officer for Mason County; (2)the director of Mason County Public Health
and Human Services; or(3)the chair of the Board of Health of Mason County.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
\ . MAS N COU TY,WASH1NGTON
TTEST:
ulie Almanzor,Clerk of the B of Health City Commissioner Mike Olsen, Chair
Dated: November 24,2015
County Comm ne Terri Jeffreys, Member
County Commissioner Tim Sheldon, Member
County Co missioner, Randy Neatherlin,
Member
Public H84PQ District#2 Commissioner Peggy
Van Buskirk, Member
Public Hospital District#1 COO Eileen
Branscome, Member
Fire Commissioner rank Phillips, Member
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