Our meetings are open to the public and we encourage you to participate. Every regular Board meeting includes a public comment section. This gives you a chance to tell us about health topics that are important to you. You may comment about:
- Any matter that is on the agenda.
- Any matter that concerns you.
Before you give comments, please read our powers and duties and familiarize yourself with our statutory authority.
How Do I Give Comments?
Written Comments
We encourage you to submit your written public comments to the Board. Written public comments need to be received by 12:00 Noon three business days before each Board meeting.
- Email the Board
- Submit using our Online Public Comment Form
- Send your comment by U.S. Mail to:
Washington State Board of Health
P.O. Box 47990
Olympia, WA 98507-7990
Verbal Comments
Individuals may give verbal public comments at the meeting, in-person or virtually, during the public comment period.
The amount of time allotted to each person will depend on the number of speakers present (typically 1 to 3 minutes per person). We will first call on those who have signed up in advance.
Sign up by 12:00 Noon the day before a meeting to participate in the public comment period:
- Email the Board or
- Register through the Zoom webinar link. The Zoom webinar link is in the meeting agenda located on the Meeting Information webpage.
If you are attending the meeting in person and did not sign up in advance, you may write your name on the sign-in sheet to provide comments if time allows.
Important Information
- Board Members will receive written comments submitted after the deadline; however, they may not have the capacity to read or review late comments in advance of the meeting.
- Comments received after 5:00 p.m. on the day of a Board meeting will be part of the next Board meeting materials.
- All testimony we collect is subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act.
