Board of Health Roles

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The Roles of the Board of Health are:

To provide oversight to the direct the development and implementation of the Health Unit Strategic Plan, including the mission, philosophy, organizational vision, goals and objectives.
To ensure compliance with the Public Health Organizational Standards.
To ensure that the Chief Executive Officer manages the agency in an effective and efficient manner, following Provincial guidelines and Board policy.
To provide leadership and advocacy on behalf of public health issues.
To represent the community of Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, either as municipal appointees, or as provincial appointees.
To be accountable to the community and the respective funding bodies for the activities of the Health Unit.
To select the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Unit.
To nominate candidates to the Minister of Health for provincial appointees to the Board of Health.
To establish and maintain linkages with other health, environmental and social service agencies, on a district, regional and provincial basis.
To support the provincial association (Association of Local Public Health Agencies).
To assist in the identification of community health issues.
To participate on Board committees, task forces and Advisory committees.