Board of Health

The Board of Health is a nine-member governing board appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by County Council.

Members serve staggered four-year terms and the board appoints and advises the County Health Director.

Board duties include:

• Formulating rules and regulations for the prevention of disease
• Preventing or fixing conditions that constitute a threat to public health
• Promoting and preserving public health
• Reviewing and approving Clean Air Fund expenditures

Current Board Members

• Lee Harrison, M.D., Chair
• William Youngblood, Vice-Chair
• Anthony Ferraro
• Caroline Mitchell
• Kotayya Kondaveeti, M.D.
• Joylette L. Portlock, Ph.D.
• Edith Shapira, M.D.
• Ellen C. Stewart, M.D.
• Vacant position

Meetings

All meetings of the Allegheny County Board of Health are open to the public. To speak at a board meeting, a request must be made at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Individuals who wish to send written comments to the Board should use this Contact form. These comments go directly to members of the Board of Health and will be summarized at the meeting.

The board meeting will be streamed on the Allegheny County Health Department's Facebook page.

• Speakers may address agenda and non-agenda items for a maximum of three minutes.
• Written copies of comments are welcome but not required.
• Use the Public Hearing Participation contact form or call 412-687-2243 to make speaking requests.

The Board will try to accommodate all speaking requests for each meeting but may need to defer comments to a subsequent meeting. Requests are handled in the order received.

To request an accommodation, please make a request for assistance as far in advance as possible or at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting. Participants can submit a request for themselves or someone else.

Accommodation Request Form

Next Board of Health Public Meeting

The next Allegheny County Board of Health meeting is scheduled for:
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 12:30 pm

This in-person meeting will be located:

Allegheny County Courthouse
Gold Room, Room 410 (4th floor)
436 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Agenda & Materials links:
Check back later for the September meeting agenda.

2024 Board of Health Meeting Schedule

• January 17, 2024
• March 6, 2024
• May 8, 2024
• July 17, 2024
• September 11, 2024
• November 13, 2024

Upcoming Public Comment Notices 

Article III Proposed Revision(PDF, 1MB)

The ACHD Board of Health approved a 45-day public comment period that begins on Thursday, July 25, 2024, and concludes at 11:59pm on Sunday, September 8, 2024. Comments can be sent by email to PublicHealthComment@AlleghenyCounty.us or by mail to our administrative offices:

Attn: Article III Comments (Food Safety)
Allegheny County Health Department
542 4^th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

The proposed revisions to Article III would:

• Adopt select standards from the 2022 Model Food Code Update
• Align Article III with updates to the Allegheny County Plumbing Code (Article XV)
• Incorporate administrative changes related to temporary and seasonal permitting and add definitions to promote understanding of commonly used terms by the Food Safety Program
• Other minor changes that address typographical errors and changes to improve clarity and readability of Article III 

A public hearing for this regulation has been scheduled for Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 5:00pm at the following location:

Hosanna House
4^th Floor Conference Room
807 Wallace Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
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Persons wishing to speak at the hearing must register using the ACHD’s Public Hearing Participation Form – Allegheny County, PA no less than 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Testimony is limited to 3 minutes.

Check the Air Quality Program Public Comment Notices page for regular Air Quality notices.

Meeting Minutes and Materials

The Allegheny County Board of Health holds regular Public Meetings every other month as well as special Public Regulatory Hearings. Approved meeting minutes as well as materials for public review can be found in this section.

All Board of Health meetings are open to the public. Written comments may be summarized during meetings, with the full comments entered into the record. Speakers may address agenda and non-agenda items.

To request meeting minutes or materials in another language, please submit a request through this form:

Accommodation Request Form

Meeting Minutes Archive (2018 - Present)