State Health Council
The State Health Council serves as the North Dakota Department of Health's governing and advisory body. The council's 11 members are appointed by the governor for three-year terms. Four members are appointed from the health-care provider community, five from the public sector, one from the energy industry and one from the manufacturing and process industry.
Duties
The State Health
Council's duties include monitoring overall health-care costs and quality
of health-care in North Dakota. The council establishes standards, rules
and regulations which are found necessary for the maintenance of public
health. They provide for the development, establishment and enforcement
of basic standards for hospitals and related medical institutions which
render medical and nursing care, and for the construction and maintenance
of such institutions. These standards cover matters pertaining to sanitation,
building construction, fire protection measures, nursing procedures and
preservation of medical records. The council also holds hearings on all
matters brought before it by applicants and licensees of medical hospitals.
Chair
- Genny Dienstmann (Consumer)
Vice Chair
- Duane Pool (Consumer)
Secretary
- Leona Koch (Consumer)
Members
- Greg Allen (Manufacturing and Processing)
- Howard C. Anderson, R.Ph. (Health Care)
- Darrold Bertsch (Consumer)
- Mike Fedorchak (Consumer)
- Mike Holmes (Energy)
- Wade Peterson (Health Care)
- Kristin Roers (Health Care)
- Dennis E. Wolf, M.D. (Health Care)
Messages or questions for any member of the State Health Council can be sent to health@nd.gov. Please indicate in your e-mail which Health Council member the message is for.