Board of Health

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
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Members

The board consists of 5 voting members and 1 associate non-voting member appointed by the Board of Selectmen for 3-year, staggered terms. Members serve without compensation.

Dr. Robert Baevsky, Chair
Dr. Richard Steingart, Vice Chair
Dr. Anastasios Angelides, Clerk
Dr. Gregory Valania
Dr. Michele Keane-Moore
Christine Beaumont, Associate Member

Mission

& Responsibilities

The Board of Health is responsible for:

• Addressing the health concerns of town residents
• Administering state health laws
• Adopting town health regulations
• Conducting inspections
• Developing and enforcing tobacco related policies
• Enforcing sanitary codes and regulations
• Enforcing stat regulations regarding TitleV: Septic Tanks and Home Sewers
• Issuing permits for various food establishments, businesses, and institutions
• Recording, reporting, and following up on communicable diseases within the community

The Board of Health sponsors a flu clinic and a rabies clinic each year, and serves as a resource for the town for health promotion activities and technical assistance.

Electronic Immunization Registry

Effective March 17, 2014, the Longmeadow Board of Health, as are all medical providers of vaccinations to the public, is required by state law to submit vaccination information to a new web-based Massachusetts Department of Public Health Immunization Registry. The data on this Registry is confidential but may be exclusively shared with your health care provider; your primary care physician may want to know your vaccination status (e.g., whether you have had or are overdue for a recommended vaccination).

Declining the Sharing of Data

It is possible for individuals who are immunized to decline the sharing of registry data with health care providers by signing the appropriate form available from the Board of Health.

For further information on the registry, its advantages to patients and the public health, and patient rights to decline data sharing, kindly refer to the Patient Fact Sheet (PDF).