Public Health Authority

The authority seeks to enhance public/private health care partnerships, stabilize county dollars going to support health services, and to provide consolidation and long range planning for health services. It also acts as the local board of health and is charged to protect and promote the public health of the citizens of Cabarrus County. Membership is as follows: Member or designee of the Board of County Commissioners; Member of the Cabarrus County Medical Society; Member of the Cabarrus Physicians Organization; Member or designee of the CMC-NorthEast Medical Center Board of Trustees; Member of the Cabarrus County Schools System or Kannapolis City Schools System; a dentist practicing in or has previously practiced dentistry in Cabarrus County; and three members from the general public not affiliated with the above organizations, but recommended by the nominees of those organizations.