Eastern NC EH Supervisors’ Association

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

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Eastern North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors’ Association
Meeting April 13, 2012
Pitt County Community Schools Building
4561 County Home Road
Greenville, NC

Agenda

9:00—9:30 Coffee and Fellowship

9:30 –10:30 Emily Gaydos, District Supervisor, Wildlife Biologist: “Wildlife Damage Management”

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45 Jeff French, REHS NC Division of Marine Fisheries: “Food Code Adoption: Big Changes in Shellfish Inspections at the Retail Level”

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:00 Alice Isley, REHS, Regional NCDHHS, “Tattoo Removal and Other Issues”

2:00 – 2:15 Break

2:15 – 3:15 Round Table Discussion

3:15– 3:45 Business Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Old Business
New Business

3:45 Adjourn

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North Carolina On-Site Hall of Fame and Steinbeck Award

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

North Carolina On-Site Water Protection Hall of Fame

The North Carolina On-Site Systems Hall of Fame was established by the NC On-Site Water Protection Conference Planning Committee in 1995 to recognize superior contributions of individuals to the on-site field. The Conference Planning Committee is responsible for establishing qualifications for this award, selecting inductees and recognizing these individuals at the Annual On-Site Conference.

Nominees should have demonstrated superior contributions to the on-site wastewater treatment or on-site water supply well arena in North Carolina. This could include significant positive contributions in the field, at a supervisory level, or through educational activities at the county level. Alternatively, it could include significant positive contributions through statewide or regional field, supervisory, educational programming or product development. This award is intended to recognize a select group of exemplary individuals who have, upon their own initiative, consistently performed above and beyond the normal expectations for their position.  Individuals may be recognized either for substantial and significant contributions made over a
minimum of fifteen (15) years or for significant (exemplary) achievement during their career.  Inductees may be from either the public or private sector. Those individuals who are currently  members of the NC On-Site Water Protection Conference Planning Committee, or have been members of the Conference Planning Committee within the past year (12 months of last conference) are excluded from consideration for this award.

The Steinbeck Achievement Award

Exemplary accomplishments in the OSWW Field in North Carolina Focus:
1. Improvement of science behind rules and practice
2. Improvement of technological implementation
3. Assurance of program effectiveness
4. Improvement of the quality of system installations
5. Public education

Download the qualifications and application process document, complete your candidate’s nomination and return it today!

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Eastern North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors’ Association Meeting, Spring 2012

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Save The Date!

Eastern North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors’ Association  Meeting
April 13, 2012
Pitt County Community Schools Building
4561 County Home Road
Greenville, NC

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Western NCEHSA meeting notice, Spring 2012

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

The WNCEHSA spring meeting will be held  on Tuesday, March 20, 2012th at 10:00 AM in the Transylvania County Community Services Building, 98 E. Morgan Street, Brevard, NC.

Our meeting room will be the main conference room on the first floor in the old wing of the building.  All environmental health supervisors, program coordinators, and program specialists in the western region are encouraged to attend.  Please remember to bring your $5 annual dues payment with you.

Thanks in advance for your attention,

Jim Boyer, President, WNCEHSA

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Job title: Sanitarian

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

 

hookworm-poster

hookworm-poster. source: ncmuseumofhistory.org

The following article appears to contain the earliest mention of the title Sanitarian in North Carolina Public Health records.

The Sanitarian Deserves Highest Rank Among Professional Men.  Author: J Howell Way, MD, President of the North Carolina State Board of Health, Waynesville, NC

It was Wm. E. Gladstone who said the world appreciated and graded the professions in the place of public esteem according to its conception of the real value of itself of the work performed by the members of that profession in bettering the conditions of society.  Accordingly at a time in the past the clergy held first place in the public mind, later the crown of perfection in human achievement was worn by the members of the medical profession, and the great Gladstone some thirty years ago said we were now on the eve of an era when the medical profession would rank all others in public esteem because its work was benefiting the world most.

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hookworm poster. source: docsouth.unc.edu

It requires no specially clever discernment to perceive that we are now living in that period, and while popular conception of greatness is just now ennobling the surgeon it is evident that his right to first place is being questioned by the admirers of the medical hygienist and sanitarian, who while the surgeon rescues from imperiled position his scores or his hundreds of human lives, they are relatively few when compared with the thousands and tens of thousands whose existence with comfort and happiness is made possible by the application of modern sanitary science.  High in the lists will stand, with the future social historian, the names of the men whose labors are making possible the ridding of our country from the baleful influences of hookworm disease.  Now that its hurtful results to our people have been fully demonstrated, the question of helping to eliminate, in so far as may be possible, its destructive effects on the youth of the country, ceases to be purely a problem for the doctors, but becomes one for the thoughtful consideration of every intelligent citizen who regards the welfare of his community with consideration.

From the August 1911, No. 5, Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health, pages 158-159.

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Central North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors’ Association

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Please join us for our next Central North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors’ Association meeting on March 1, 2012.  Our next meeting will be held in Chatham County at:

Haley Bales Steakhouse
220 East 11th Street
Siler City, NC  27344
Phone:  919-742-6033

For more information about this location please visit: http://www.letseat.at/hayleybalessteakhouse/menu .  We will be ordering from the menu.

The agenda is as follows:

10:00 – 11:00 am
Leadership and Supervisory Skills
Major Gary Blankenship
Chatham County Sheriff’s Office

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Methamphetamine Laboratories:  Awareness and Response
Kelly Page
SBI    Special Agent, Site Safety Officer

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 pm
NC Public Health Response to Cleanup of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories
Marilyn Parker
Industrial Hygiene Consultant
Division of Public Health
NC Department of Health and Human Services
2:00 – 2:45 pm
CNCEHSA Business Meeting

Treasurer’s Report

Old Business

New Business

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Division of Public Health

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

February 16, 2012

The Division of Public Health IT  have been able to redirect our old website from DENR to the DPH server.  This solution is temporary and is being allowed only until DPH completes a rebuild of our website.  Staff hope to get some of the phone numbers updated on the temporary site links listed below tomorrow. The plan review data base is in production and may be out of service until the new site is complete.

The old website link http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/ and the new temporary address http://ehs.ncpublichealth.com  are now available. Both these links display the same information.

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WNCEHSA Spring Meeting

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

The WNCEHSA spring meeting will be held  on Tuesday, March 20, 2012th at 10:00 AM in the Transylvania County Community Services Building, 98 E. Morgan Street, Brevard, NC.

Our meeting room will be the main conference room on the first floor in the old wing of the building.  All environmental health supervisors, program coordinators, and program specialists in the western region are encouraged to attend.

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2012 Supervisor of the Year nominations are now open.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Nominations for the 2012 Environmental Health Supervisor of the Year Award are now open. All nominations must be received no later than 5:00 PM March 9, 2012. The award will be presented as a part of the Thursday night banquet at the spring meeting in Aberdeen.

Nomination information and instructions follow.

NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION
2012 SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Nominations for the North Carolina Environmental Health Supervisors Association (NCEHSA) Supervisor of the Year may be submitted by an Environmental Health Specialist, Environmental Health Program Specialist, Environmental Health Programs Coordinator, Environmental Health Supervisor, Environmental Health Director, or a Health Director working in a local health department within the state of North Carolina. [See instructions below]

The nominee must presently work as an Environmental Health Director, Environmental Health Supervisor, Environmental Health Programs Coordinator, or Environmental Program Specialist with at least three full years’ experience.

The nominee must be actively engaged in the field of Environmental Health and an active member in good standing in their district of the NCEHSA.

These nominations must be received no later than 5:00 PM on March 9, 2012 in order to provide the award committee with enough time to evaluate the submissions.

The following format is to be used for the submission of nominations:

A. GENERAL

  • Letter from person or persons making the formal nomination [required] Be sure to include your contact information.
  • Photograph of the nominee [recommended]
  • Description of personal facts regarding the nominee [recommended]

B. EDUCATION

  • List of formal education as well as special training and experience regarding the nominee [required]

C. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • Record of places of employment, including dates and scope of responsibilities of the nominee. [required]

D. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

  • Organization affiliation(s), detailing offices and committee responsibilities regarding the nominee. [required]

E. CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT AND PRACTICES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

  • Contributions worthy of interest that are to the betterment of environmental health sciences or the environmental health profession of the nominee. [required] These can include publications authored or co-authored by the nominee; significant scientific or applied research; accomplishments in the development or implementation of new, broader, and/or improved concepts, procedures, or techniques in the practice of environmental health.

F. OTHER

  • Significant contributions by the nominee to the professional status of Environmental Health Specialists not covered in other categories above. [recommended] Such contributions may include civic or school activities or affiliations.

G. REFERENCES

  • Inclusion of letters of reference or endorsement for the nominee. [required]
  • Copies of publications (or proper reference to source), and other significant support documents of the nominee. [recommended]

Please mail all nomination materials to:
Bob Whitwam
Forsyth County Department of Public Health
PO Box 686
Winston-Salem, NC 27102-0686
(Please; No Fax or e-mail of nominations / materials)

Remember to follow the above format and instructions exactly. If you have questions, please call.

Sincerely,
Bob Whitwam, REHS
Forsyth County Department of Public Health
PO Box 686
Winston-Salem, NC 27102-0686
whitware(at)forsyth(dot)cc
(336)703-3139 (Office)
336-462-7779 (Cell)

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Western EHSA. Last meeting of 2011.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

The Western EHSA’s meeting will be held Monday December 12th at 10:00 AM at 98 E. Morgan Street, Brevard. This is in the Community Services Building, the main conference room on the first floor in the old wing of the building.

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