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Home My WebLink About2016-05-24 Board of Health Packet I I North Andover Board of Health Meeting Agenda Tuesday, May 24,2016 7:00 pm. Superintendent's Meeting Room 566 Main Street North Andover, MA 01845 I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. PUBLIC HEARINGS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Meeting minutes fi•om March 22,2016 and April 26,2016 to be presented for signature. V. OLD BUSINESS VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Brookside Homeowners—applying for the continuance of a variance to not have a lifeguard on duty when the semi-public swimming pool is open,as required by Massachusetts Regulation 105 CMR 435.23 and the North Andover Board of Health. B. Edgewood Retirement Community—applying for the continuance of a variance to not have a lifeguard on duty when the semi-public swimming pool is open, as required by Massachusetts Regulation 105 CMR 435.23 and the North Andover Board of Health. VII. COMMUNICATIONS,ANNOUNCEMENTS,AND DISCUSSION A. Dr.Frank MacMillan,Jr.—Re-elected Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates of Massachusetts Medical Society. VIII. CORRESPONDENCE/NEWSLETTERS IX. ADJOURNMENT 2016 North Andover Board of Health Meeting-Meeting Agenda Page 1 of 1 Note: The Board of Health reserves the right to take items out of order and to discuss and/or vote on items that are not listed on the agenda. Board of Health Members: Thomas Trowbridge,DDS,MD,Chairman;Larry Fixler,Member/Clerk;Francis P.MacMillan,Jr., M.D.;Joseph McCarthy,Member; Edwin Pease,Member Health Department Staff:Brian LaGrasse,Health Director; Debra Rillahan,Public Health Nurse;Michele Grant,Public Health Inspector;Lisa Hadge,Health Department Assistant i 5/4/2016 Town of North Andover Mail-Re:Lifeguard Variance I NORTH ANDOVER mas""achus'e"Us Lisa Madge <Ihadge @northandoverma.gov> Re: Lifeguard Variance 1 message Katie Igo Lynch <katieigolynch @gmail.com> Tue, May 3, 2016 at 8:02 PM To: Lisa Hadge <Ihadge @northandoverma.gov> Cc: Katie Lynch <brooksideboard @gmail.com>, Michele Grant <mgrant @northan dove rma.gov>, Brian LaGrasse <blagrasse @northandoverma.gov>, Patty Heenan <patty.heenans @gmail.com> Thank you, Lisa. I was shocked when I received this email as was the rest of the Board when I shared the news at our meeting tonight. We discussed the waiver at our year-end meeting and thought we had one more year. While we are all disappointed that we did not catch this sooner, we would sincerely appreciate the opportunity to attend the meeting at the end of this month. respectfully request that Brookside Homeowners'Association be added to the agenda for the Board of Health's meeting on May 24th. The purpose of our appearance is to request an extension of our lifeguard variance. Please note that I have copied Patty Heenan, our current Board President. Thank you for your consideration. Regards, Katie On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Lisa Hadge <Ihadge @northandoverma.gov>wrote: Good Afternoon Katie, Just a reminder that Brookside needs to come before our Board members to request a continuation in the variance to not have a lifeguard. The variance is good for 3 years and the last time Brookside came before our Board was 1/24/13. Please send me a brief email explaining why you would like to be at our next BOH meeting on 5/24/16. We need the request no later than 5/13/16 in order to be on the May BOH agenda. Thank you. Lisa Hadge Health Department Town of North Andover 1600 Osgood Street, Suite 2035 North Andover, MA 01845 Phone 978-688-9540 Fax 978-688-8476 Email Ihadge @northandoverma.gov Web www.iiorthandoverma.gov i https://mail.goog le.com/mail/ca/u/01?ui=2&ik=46857787d0&view=pt&search=inbox&th=1547912bdOd27629&siml=1547912bdOd27629 1/2 5/3/2016 Town of North Andover Mail-RE:Lifeguard Variance I tsschustt Lisa Madge <Ihadge @northandoverma.gov> .m RE: Lifeguard Variance 1 message Bob Coppola <coppolabob @edgewoodre.com> Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:29 PM To: Lisa Hadge <Ihadge @northandoverma.gov> Cc: Michele Grant<mgrant @northandoverma.gov>, Brian LaGrasse <blagrasse @northandoverma.gov> Hi Lisa, Edgewood requests to attend the BOH Meeting on May 24, 2016 to request a continuance of the variance to not have a life guard at the pool. The Edgewood pool operates on a buddy system with access through our emergency call system to our nurses station which is staffed 24/7. In addition the system also has an auto dialer that contacts our ambulance provider directly. Do you need me to send a formal request via Edgewood letter head? Is there any additional information I should bring to the meeting? Thanks Bob From: Lisa Hadge [mailto:lhadge@northandoverma.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 4:22 PM To: Bob Coppola Cc: Michele Grant; Brian LaGrasse Subject: Lifeguard Variance Hi Bob, Just a reminder that Edgewood would need to come before our Board members if you are still requesting a continuation to the variance to not have a lifeguard. The variance is good for 3 years and the last time Edgewood came before our Board was 3/28/13. If you would like to attend, please send me a brief email explaining why you would like to be at our next BOH meeting on 5/24/16. We need the request no later than 5/13/16 in order to be on the May BOH agenda. Thank you. Lisa Hadge Health Department Town of North Andover 1600 Osgood Street, Suite 2035 North Andover, MA 01845 Phone 978-688-9540 https:/Imall.goog le.com/mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&i k=46857787dO&view=pt&search=inbox&th=l 54784febddc00e8&siml=154784febddc00e8 1/2 105 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 435.23: Lifeguards (1) The operator shall provide one or more lifeguards 16 years of age or older if the Board of Health determines that they are necessary for the safe use of the swimming or wading pool. The Board,when determining whether there is a need for one or more lifeguards and the number of on-duty lifeguards to be present at the pool at any one time, shall take into account the size, shape and capacity of the swimming or wading pool. As a guideline,it is suggested that one lifeguard be provided for each 25 bathers. All lifeguards shall hold the following certifications: (a) a current Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certificate,or Royal Bronze Medallion,or Boy Scouts of America Lifeguard Certificate or National Y.M.C.A.Lifeguard Certificate or an equivalent certification, provided however, that no such alternative certification shall be deemed equivalent unless it shall contain all of the minimum requirements mandated or required by one or more of the foregoing certification programs;and (b) a current American Red Cross CPR Certificate for the Professional Rescuer or American Heart Association CPR Certificate for the Health Care Provider, or National Safety Council CPR Training;and (c) a Red Cross Standard First Aid Certificate,or a Red Cross Community First Aid and Safety Certificate(which certification may be evidenced by a notation on the back of any Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certificate),or National Safety Council First Aid Training, Level 2, or an equivalent certification, provided however, that no such alternative certification shall be deemed equivalent unless it shall contain all of the minimum requirements of one of the foregoing certification programs. (2) If no lifeguards are required by the Board of Health,a warning sign shall be posted in a conspicuous location and shall state"WARNING-NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY"in easy to read, legible letters which are at least four inches. (ten cm)high. In addition,there shall be signs which are readily visible stating "CHILDREN UNDER AGE 16 SHOULD NOT USE SWIMMING POOL WITHOUT AN ADULT IN ATTENDANCE"and"ADULTS SHOULD NOT SWIM ALONE." (3) The number of trained lifeguards determined necessary by the Board of Health in accordance with 105 CMR 435.23(1)shall be in constant attendance during bathing hours and no bather shall be admitted to the swimming pool unless this number of lifeguards is present. (4) All lifeguards while on duty shall wear a red or bright orange bathing suit. Any shirt or jacket worn as an outer garment by a lifeguard shall also be red or bright orange and have the word GUARD printed in 4"lettering on the back. An orange hat or sun helmet shall be worn by all lifeguards out-of-doors while on duty. A sunblock or other skin protection should be made available to all lifeguards. (5) The operator shall provide whistles and bull horns or other appropriate voice amplification devices to all lifeguards on duty. (6) All lifeguards shall direct their attention to all persons in their assigned areas while on duty. For swimming pools with a bather load capacity of greater than 75,it is recommended that lifeguards be isolated from pool crowds by occupying elevated seats on stands high enough to give them complete and unobstructed views of persons in their assigned areas. 435.24: Safety Equipment For each 2000 square feet of water surface area or fraction thereof, the operator shall provide, in readily accessible locations,at least one Ring Buoy,U.S. Coast Guard approved, with a'/4 inch polyethelene rope attached,no less in length than 1%2 times the width of the pool. At those swimming pools that are staffed by lifeguards,there shall also be one Rescue Tube located at each lifeguard station. A backboard with straps shall also be readily available at each swimming pool which is attended by a lifeguard. In addition,all outdoor,inground swimming pools shall be equipped with a rescue hook. 3/20/98 (Effective 2/20/98)-corrected 105 CMR- 1772 I i Francis P. MacMillan Jr., M.D. is re-elected to officer post of stag medical society North Andover resident,member of Board of Health is re-elected Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates of Massachusetts Medical Society North.Andover, MA By R. Gulla (Open Post') -May S, 2016 '12:04 pm ET Waltham, Mass.—May S -Francis P. MacMillan Jr.,M.D. has been re-elected Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization's annual meeting on May S at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.As Vice-Speaker, he will assist in managing the business of the Society's House of Delegates, the legislative and policy-making body of the organization comprised of more than S00 physician Members. Dr. MacMillan is the owner and president of Merrimack Valley Gastroenterology, a private medical practice in Haverhill that lie founded in 2004. Board-certified in gastroenterology, lie has appointments at Holy Family Hospital,Anna Jaques Hospital, and Lawrence General Hospital.At Holy Family Hospital,he has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2006 and has served as the former Merrimack Valley Hospital. Chief of the Department of Medicine and Medical Staff President. He is also a Clinical Instructor of SociO- Medical Sciences and Community Health at Boston University School of Medicine,a position lie was appointed to in 2010. A member of the Massachusetts Medical Society since 1991,Dr. MacMillan has been a member of the Society's House of Delegates since 2005. He is currently a member of the Committee on Legislation, Secretary of the Essex North District Medical Society, and is an Alternate Delegate from Massachusetts to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He has previously served as a member of the Society's Task Forces on Health Care Reform and House of Delegates Procedures and was president of the district society from 2007-2009. Dr. MacMillan has also taken leadership roles in the state and national societies of his specialty of gastroenterology. He was elected a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology in 2010 and was appointed a member of its National Affairs Committee for 2014-2017.He served as ACG Governor for Massachusetts from 2011-2014 and was re-elected to that position for the 2014-2017 term. On the state level, lie is a founding member of the Massachusetts Gastroenterology Association,which was established in 2011, served as its Vice President from 201.1-2014, and currently serves as its President. A graduate of Boston College with a B.A. in economics and an M.S. in biology, Dr. MacMillan earned his M.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston and a Fellowship in gastroenterology at Lahey Clinic. Dr. MacMillan is also a member of the Board of Health in North Andover,where lie resides,and writes a monthly column on health for the Valley Patriot newspaper which circulates in northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The Massuchusetts Medical Society, with soine 25,000 physicians and student inembei•s, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The SocieoJ under the auspices of NEJNI Group,publishes the New England,Joimnal of Medicine, a leading global inedical joul-nal and roeb site, and Jow-nal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialties. The Socieo)is also a leader in continuing inedical education providing accredited and certified activities across the globe fof physicians and other health coo professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the C010'7ti,}). Foi-inoi-e injbi-ination please visit ij, v.niassnied,Or,�; II'ln1'.11tjn7.org, of I n n 1jiratch.or,£y.