For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. Those services the Municipal Board of Health is required to provide to protect the health of the public including:
(1) Communicable and reportable disease prevention and control;
(2) Community health promotion; and
(3) Environmental health protection.
BUREAU. The Bureau for Public Health of the Department.
CITY. The City of Nitro, West Virginia.
CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Nitro.
CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The staff and facilities of the Municipal Board of Health.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER. The individual physician with a current West Virginia license to practice medicine, who supervises and directs the activities of the City Health Department services, staff and facilities and is appointed by the Municipal Board of Health with approval by the Commissioner.
CITY OF NITRO BOARD OF HEALTH, MUNICIPAL BOARD OF HEALTH, MUNICIPAL BOARD or BOARD. A Board of Health created by the City Council and serving the city.
COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, who is the State Health Officer.
COMMUNICABLE AND REPORTABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. Includes disease surveillance, case investigation and follow-up, outbreak investigation, response to epidemics, and prevention and control of rabies, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine preventable diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other communicable and reportable diseases.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION. Includes assessing and reporting community health needs to improve health status, facilitating community partnerships including identifying the community’s priority health needs, mobilization of a community around identified priorities, and monitoring the progress of community health education services.
DEPARTMENT. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
DIRECTOR or DIRECTOR OF HEALTH. The State Health Officer.
ENHANCED PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. Services that are provided by the Municipal Board of Health that focus on health promotion activities to address a major health problem in the city, are targeted to a particular population and assist individuals in the city to access the health care system, such as lead and radon abatement for indoor air quality and positive pregnancy tracking.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION. Includes efforts to protect the city from environmental health risks, including, inspection of housing, institutions, recreational facilities, sewage and wastewater facilities; inspection and sampling of drinking water facilities; and response to disease outbreaks or disasters.
PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS. Generally accepted, objective standards such as rules or guidelines against which the City Health Department’s level of performance can be measured.
PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. Health care services, including medical care, that emphasize first contact patient care and assume overall and ongoing responsibility for the patient in health maintenance and treatment of disease. PRIMARY CARE SERVICES are services that the Municipal Board of Health may offer if that Board has determined that an unmet need for primary care services exists in its service area.
PROGRAM PLAN or PLAN OF OPERATION. The annual plan the Municipal Board of Health is required to submit to the Commissioner for approval.
SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Department.
SERVICE AREA. The territorial jurisdiction of the Municipal Board of Health.
(Ord. 11-1, passed 1-4-2011)