Health Unit Board - Renfrew County and District

Ministry

Health

URL

www.rcdhu.com

Address

141 Lake Street
PEMBROKE
K8A5L8

Phone

613-732-3629

Fax

613-735-3067

Background

Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7, Part VI, s. 48; R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 559, s. 23 (opens a new window)

Function

Boards of health are responsible for providing public health programs and services to the area communities in the health unit. The programs include healthy growth and development, healthy lifestyles, communicable disease control and healthy environment programs.

Membership

The board is composed of between three and thirteen municipal members and one or more members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The number of Lieutenant Governor in Council appointees shall be less than the number of municipal members.

Term

Members serve for terms of one, two or three years. When a member is unable to complete a term of office, a new member is appointed to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Meetings

The health unit is designated as all the municipalities in the County of Renfrew, the Township of South Algonquin, part of the Territorial District of Nipissing and part of Algonquin Park. There are ten meetings a year held on the last Tuesday of the month at the unit's offices. There are four board subcommittees.

Remuneration

Appointees to the Health Unit Board are paid by the Health Unit.

Appointments & Vacancies