To confirm the appointment of all of the Medical Consultants in Communicable Disease Control (CCDCs) and other equivalently medically qualified deputising officers in the Public Health East of England area as Proper Officers as required by Public Health legislation.

RECOMMENDED to Council that the following appointments be approved:-

1.      all the Medical Consultants in Communicable Disease Control (CCDCs) and other equivalently medically qualified deputising officers** in Public Health East of England (the Public Health England centre responsible for the East of England area) as Proper Officers under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (as amended)*;

2.      Central Bedfordshire Council’s Director of Public Health, or successor  titles, employed by Central Bedfordshire Council with the duty to safeguard public health as a Proper Officer under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (as amended)*;

3.      Central Bedfordshire Council’s Director of Community Services, being the lead officer for Environmental Health employed by Central Bedfordshire Council with the duty to safeguard public health as a Proper Officer under the 1984 Act (as amended)*; and

4.      to allow the Directors identified in 2 and 3 above, to authorise officers to carry out particular functions or exercise particular powers for the purpose of safeguarding public health.

*        Act amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and regulations made under it and the Public Health Acts of 1936 and 1961.

**       Defined as a person suitably qualified in the field of health protection and registered with an appropriate body such as the Faculty of Public Health, and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and/or the Nursing and Midwifery Council or the General Medical Council.

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Community Services that set out proposals for the appointment of all Medical Consultants in Communicable Disease Control and other suitably medically qualified deputising officers in the Public Health East of England area as Proper Officers as required by Public Health legislation.

Reason for decision:  To meet a legal requirement to appoint a Proper Officer under Public Health legislation.

RECOMMENDED to Council that the following appointments be approved:-

1.      all the Medical Consultants in Communicable Disease Control (CCDCs) and other equivalently medically qualified deputising officers** in Public Health East of England (the Public Health England centre responsible for the East of England area) as Proper Officers under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (as amended)*;

2.      Central Bedfordshire Council’s Director of Public Health, or successor  titles, employed by Central Bedfordshire Council with the duty to safeguard public health as a Proper Officer under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (as amended)*;

3.      Central Bedfordshire Council’s Director of Community Services, being the lead officer for Environmental Health employed by Central Bedfordshire Council with the duty to safeguard public health as a Proper Officer under the 1984 Act (as amended)*; and

4.      to allow the Directors identified in 2 and 3 above, to authorise officers to carry out particular functions or exercise particular powers for the purpose of safeguarding public health.

*        Act amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and regulations made under it and the Public Health Acts of 1936 and 1961.

**       Defined as a person suitably qualified in the field of health protection and registered with an appropriate body such as the Faculty of Public Health, and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and/or the Nursing and Midwifery Council or the General Medical Council.