Chair Ung Q&A: Chokshi on self-evaluation and unintended consequences
Chokshi discusses mechanisms for public input including written comments and oral testimony, and states that if a board policy produced unintended negative consequences, the primary responsibility is to adjust the approach.
And how will you evaluate your own performance as a member of the board?
Well, I think, again, that is ultimately up to the public, you know, to evaluate.
I can say some of the ways in which I will hold with great gravity
my own role on the Board of Health, and that is to ensure that the things that we're doing are responsive to public input and feedback.
As you know, there are mechanisms to ensure that.
public input to the Board of Health, whether the written comments, you know, before rulemaking or the ways in which meetings of the Board of Health are public and there are ways for oral testimony by members of the public to be given.
And so I think those will be the most important mechanisms for us to understand whether the board is truly responding to public health needs.
And if the board adopted a policy that produced unintended negative consequences, what is the responsibility that the board member should bear?
The responsibility primarily is to adjust, you know, to ensure that if things are not going as is intended, that the board adjusts its approach.