Open Offcanvas Health Overview Services Policies & Reports News Resources Mission To Protect and Promote Health Through Prevention and Control of Disease and Injury. Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm Contact Us 1 (910) 947-3300 (Appointment Inquiry) 1 (910) 947-1663 1 (910) 947-3271 (WIC) 1 (910) 947-6283 (Environmental Health) hdinfo@moorecountync.gov P.O. Box 279, Carthage, NC 28327 For food safety, septic systems, building permits, and other inspection services please visit our Environmental Health Department. Physical Address COVID-19 Vaccine and General Information (CLICK HERE) Health Director's Message Public Health’s mission is to protect and promote health. This is accomplished through the prevention of disease and injury and the promotion of good health habits, to ensure a longer, healthier life. Striving to meet these challenges, the Health Department offers a wide range of services that are critical to the well being of our community. These diverse programs include those mandated by the State; such as communicable disease, public health planning, preparedness and response, environmental health and vital records. Other programs include a combination of direct health care services and community-wide programs. In addition, Health Department staff play a prominent role in partnering with the community to create innovative programs to address specific health problems, such as breast cancer awareness, childhood immunizations, injury prevention and dental care. Today, there are many challenges facing the health status of our community including cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, teenage pregnancy, communicable disease, vector-borne disease, safe food and water, and dental care, as well as biological, chemical and radiological terrorism. More than ever, it is the people…you…who can help keep our communities and our children safe and healthy. Every citizen has a responsibility to become informed and involved in ensuring a healthy future for themselves, their family and their community. Robert R. Wittmann, M.P.H Board of Health The Moore County Board of Health is the policy making, rule-making and adjudicatory body for Moore County Health Department. The Board of Health has the responsibility to protect and promote the public health. It has the authority to adopt rules necessary for that purpose. The Board is composed of eleven members that reasonably reflect the population makeup of the county. By law, the eleven members of the Board include eight designated professionals and three representatives of the general public. The members are appointed by the Moore County Board of Commissioners. The Moore County Board of Health: Follows North Carolina General Statutes. The Board meets quarterly at the request of the Chair. The Board shall be the policy-making, rule-making, and adjudicatory body for the Health Department. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint eleven (11) members, which shall include one (1) licensed physician, one (1) licensed dentist, one (1) licensed pharmacist, one (1) County Commissioner, one (1) professional engineer, one (1) registered nurse, one (1) licensed optometrist, one (1) licensed veterinarian, and three (3) persons from the general public. The composition shall reasonably reflect the population makeup of the entire County. The Board of Health shall elect its own Chair annually. The County Health Director shall serve as Secretary to the County Board of Health. Questions about the Board, meetings or appointments can be directed to the Secretary to the Board at 910-947-4500. Mr. Robert R. Wittmann, Health Director serves as the Secretary to the Board of Health. MEMBER Initial Date of Appointment Current Term Expires Mark Brenner, MD (Physician) 1/2020 1/2023 Vacant (Nurse) Tony Price (Member-at-Large) Vice Chair 8/2020 8/2023 Betty Goodridge, M.H.A., C.M.A. (Member-at-Large) 2/2014 7/2022 Leo Santowasso, P.E., P.L.S. (Engineer) Chair 3/2018 4/2024 Paul Kuzma, M.D. (Member-at-Large) 9/2020 4/2023 William Mang, PharmD (Pharmacist) 3/2016 3/2022 Kamron Monroe, D.D.S. (Dentist) 4/2013 4/2022 Louis Gregory (County Commissioner) 12/2016 Ex-Officio Benjamin Wacker, OD (Optometrist) 8/2020 8/2023 Janice L. Baker, DVM, MS, DACVPM (Veterinarian) 9/2020 9/2023 *Special notice: It is required that all meeting attendees wear a mask. *Committee Meeting Notice: The Moore County Board of Health Communications Committee will meet November 24th at 6PM at the Moore Free Care Clinic located at 211 Trimble Plant Road in Southern Pines. The Moore County Board of Health Meeting Schedule 2021: Meeting Calendar Meetings begin at 6:00 pm and are held Rick Rhyne Public Safety Center, 302 S McNeill St, Carthage, 28327, in the Second Floor Community Meeting Room. Called meetings, as necessary, may be set by the Board Chair. January 11, 2021 February 1, 2021 March 1, 2021 April 5, 2021 May 3, 2021 June 7, 2021 July 12, 2021 August 2, 2021 September 13, 2021 October 4, 2021 November 1, 2021 December 6, 2021 January 10, 2022 All meetings are open to the public BOH Meeting Procedures for Public Comments The Moore County Board of Health Meeting Minutes: October 11, 2021 September 13, 2021 August 2, 2021 July 12, 2021 June 7, 2021 May 3, 2021 April 5, 2021 March 1, 2021 February 1, 2021 January 11, 2021 December 7, 2020 November 2, 2020 October 5, 2020 September 14, 2020 July 13, 2020 May 4, 2020 April 27, 2020 March 9, 2020 January 6, 2020 December 9, 2019 Community Involvement Partnerships Child Fatality Task Force Dogwood Health Care Network Drug Free Moore County Emergency Management Exercise Design Committee Hazardous Materials Planning Committee Moore County Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition Moore County Amateur Radio Society Moore County Child Fatality Task Force Moore County Criminal Justice Committee Moore County Inter-Agency Council Moore County Partners for Children and Families Moore County Safe Kids Coalition Moore Free Care Clinic MooreHealth Inc. More County Juvenile Justice / Crime Prevention Council Sandhills Community Care Network (6 Counties) South Central Health Directors Group (12 Counties) South Central Partnership (14 Counties) State-County Criminal Justice Partnership Program Advisory Board Medical Reserve Corps Overview Volunteer WHAT IS THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS? The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national program with community-based units. MRC units across the nation give citizens interested in health issues a chance to volunteer locally. The Moore County MRC was started by MooreHealth, Inc., a not-for-profit organization and is administered by the Moore County Health Department. The Moore County MRC (MCMRC) is building a reserve of health professionals and other community members to strengthen our County’s ability to respond to local public health emergencies. The MCMRC also supports Moore County Health Department’s ongoing public health programs. WHY DO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS? A public health emergency in Moore County would require the help of many people. Large-scale incidents like hurricanes or a pandemic might overwhelm the Health Department staff quickly. To be most effective, volunteers need to be organized and trained before an emergency! Non-emergency public health programs like flu clinics, health fairs, and community outreach could also benefit from your ideas and skills. WHO CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE MRC? Volunteers can be actively working, retired or students. Some examples of medical volunteers the MCMRC could use are: physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse assistants, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, laboratory technicians, emergency medical technicians, and health educators. Some examples of non-medical volunteers include: administrative specialists, amateur radio operators, interpreters, teachers, and people skilled in patient registration, recruitment and marketing. WANT MORE INFORMATION? Contact the MCMRC Coordinator, Matt Garner, by phone at (910)-947-3300 ext. 4512 Visit the National MRC Website – https://mrc.hhs.gov/HomePage MooreHealth Inc. MooreHealth is a volunteer community organization committed to developing cooperative planning that promotes health and improves the quality-of-life for the residents of Moore County. This organization, composed of representatives from a broad spectrum of the community, will provide a mechanism for innovative, cost-effective and challenging approaches for a healthier tomorrow by coordinating resources of Moore County for the greater benefit of its residents. Mission: MooreHealth will collaboratively assess needs, raise awareness, and identify resources to address them. Core Purpose: To promote health and quality of life. Identified 2017-2020 Health Priorities: Obesity Substance Abuse Aging Issues Our History The Moore County Health Department and its governing body, The Moore County Board of Health, was organized in 1928. It was located in the present Historic Courthouse with a staff of three, a health director, a nurse and a clerk. The first health director was John M. Symington, M.D. He remained as health director until 1941. In 1941, Benjamin M. Drake, M.D. became health director. He increased the health department space from two rooms to the entire third floor of the courthouse and established satellite clinics in Cameron and Robbins. Jessie Willcox, M.D. became health director in 1943 and remained in that position until 1965. In 1951, the Health Department moved into a new health center at the corner of Ray and Saunders streets in Carthage. The department continued to grow under the leadership of Alfred G. Siege, M.D. as health director from 1966 to 1985. Robert R. Wittmann, M.P.H. became health director in 1985. In 1989 the department moved into its present facilities located at 705 Pinehurst Ave. in Carthage. The health department currently employs a staff of roughly 50 professionals representing a wide variety of health related disciplines. Programs and services include community health assessment, health promotion, communicable disease, epidemiology, personal health/clinical services, and environmental health. Today the department is involved in a wide range of collaborative community health activities designed to protect and promote health through prevention and control of disease and injury. 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