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board of health

American  

noun

  1. a government department concerned with public health.


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At first, I didn’t understand how a board of health professionals could think he was doing a bad job.

From Scientific American • May 20, 2022

“What’s crazy is the board of health can adopt a rule protecting people from exposure to contaminants in state government buildings, for example, but not in schools,” Pollet said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

The council will meet as the board of health every two weeks to review COVID-19 data and decide if the indoor mask mandate should stay in place.

From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2022

Elrich added, however, that he would not hesitate to recommend that the board of health reinstate a mask mandate if transmission levels surge again this winter.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

The stuff he scraped off his feet alone would have been enough to get the house condemned by the board of health.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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