Iowa State Board of Health

The Iowa State Board of Health is the policy-making body for the Iowa Department of Public Health. It has the powers and duties to adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations, and advises or makes recommendations to the governor, General Assembly, and the director of Public Health, on public health, hygiene, and sanitation. Under the leadership of the director, the Iowa Department of Public Health exercises general supervision of the state's public health; promotes public hygiene and sanitation; and, unless otherwise provided, enforces laws on public health. The department's programs are conducted through five major divisions and the executive staff director.

Current Board of Health Members
Name City Term Exp.
Cheryll Jones Chairperson Bloomfield 2011
Justine Morton Vice-Chairperson West Des Moines 2010
Hattie M. Middleton, Ph.D, RD, LD Waterloo 2012
B. Rowe Winecoff Lambs Grove 2012
Jay Hansen Mason City 2012
Gregory Garvin, DO Bettendorf 2012
John Stamler, MD, Ph.D. Iowa City 2010
Maggie Tinsman Bettendorf 2010
Elizabeth Kressin, DC Spencer 2011
Michael Wolnerman, RPh, CCIM Des Moines 2010

For questions related to administrative matters to the Board of Health, please contact Ramona Cooper at (515) 281-8474.

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Board of Health Agendas