This Council was created on January 8, 1960 to replace the former Council of Service Directors, which had existed since the early 1950's. The ex-officio members of the Council from the Department of Public Health are: (1) the Deputy Director (2) the Assistant to the Director (3) the Director, Division of Mental Health (4) the Deputy Civil Defense Director and (5) the Director Emeritus. The members of the Council from outside the Department are: (1) an engineer (2) a dentist (3) a hospital administrator (4) a nurse (5) an epidemiologist and (6) two members at large. The committee meets once a month. The purposes of the Council are to: (1) review, consider and study matters involving the Departmental policies brought before the Council by the Director of the Department, or by employees, or in other ways (2) make recommendations to the Director of the Department concerning appropriate policy (3) appoint committees to study departmental policies.