Homer Rice

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  www.leonfl.org/HHS/healthcareab.asp - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/25/2008    Last Visited: 9/25/2008  

  Homer Rice, Leon County Health Department Administrator

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  www.leonfl.org/BCC/PhotoGallery/060919/Sept19Meeting.as - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/17/2007    Last Visited: 3/17/2007  

  Commissioner Ed DePuy presents a proclamation, designating October 2006 as Influenza Awareness Month in Leon County, to Dr. Homer Rice, Leon County Health Department Administrator.

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  www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2008    Last Visited: 2/3/2008  

  Homer Rice, director of Leon's Health Department, said fully funding Healthy Start would make a dramatic difference in the area's infant-death rate, which overall stands at about nine deaths per 1,000 births.
  
  Not all infant deaths are preventable, even if the mother does everything right.Rice himself lost a boy 20 years ago when his wife went into pre-term labor because of a weak cervix.But some Leon baby deaths are unnecessary, he said.
  
  "I don't want to blame the victim, but it's women who aren't ready to be pregnant but are pregnant," he said.

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  Published on: 9/24/2008    Last Visited: 9/24/2008  

  "Neither one of us could afford to do it alone," Health Department administrator Homer Rice said.

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  www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071231 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/31/2007    Last Visited: 12/31/2007  

  Homer Rice, administrator at the Health Department, said classes are routinely offered in parenting, childbirth education and baby basics.
  
  "One of the best ways to ensure a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby is to be sure women have someone who can help them understand what is happening in their pregnancy and with their infant and link them to the services they need," he said.

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  2 children leave day care - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/2/2002    Last Visited: 3/12/2005  

  They have found nothing that violates health and safety regulations, and they must also consider Michael Blevins' constitutional right to free speech, said Homer Rice, the county Health Department manager who oversees child-care regulation under the state DCF contract.
  
  "We are going to continue to spot-check her license," Rice said, referring to Bernadette Blevins.
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  But Rice said Bernadette Blevins, who has run the day care for more than decade with few problems, "has been very conscientious about making sure the Continued

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  Bobcat that attacked 7 had rabies - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/30/1999    Last Visited: 4/3/2001  

  Homer Rice , a director at the Sarasota County health department , said rabies incubates in humans in as quickly as six weeks -- so those attacked by the bobcat need to get the first two shots in the regimen as soon as possible.
  
  The first injection , a human rabies immunoglobulin , provides immediate resistance to the virus.The second , a rabies vaccine administered five times during the next four weeks , helps the body build its resistance to the virus.
  
  The shots scheduled for the bobcat's victims will be far less painful than for those exposed to the virus in the past.Thanks to medical advances , the regimen includes about six shots in the arm over 28 days instead of up to 21 shots directly into the wall of the abdomen.

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  Contractor blamed for latest sewer spill The Thursday... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/2/2002    Last Visited: 3/11/2005  

  "We expect this to clear itself up pretty quickly," said Homer Rice, director of environmental health with the Sarasota County Health Department."As soon as our samples show normal readings, we'll remove the signs."
  
  Thursday's sewage spill is moderate compared with a recent 500,000-gallon spill in Sarasota, Rice said.
  
  "Don't get me wrong, we don't want any sewage going into the water," he said.

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  County Links - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/4/2005    Last Visited: 10/18/2006  

  Administrator: Homer Rice (July 1) 850.487.3146

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  Day-care operator's husband is neo-Nazi leader - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/2/2002    Last Visited: 3/6/2005  

  And because the home is following the rules, the county has no reason to inform parents about his racist views, said Homer Rice, the county Health Department manager who oversees child-care regulation under the state Department of Children & Families contract.
  
  "I can only go by rules and procedure," Rice said."I cannot put my personal feelings into something.As far as we know, the children are safe.The rules right now are not being violated.There's no reason I can give for denying this family child-care home."
  
  Rice said he was surprised when he recently learned of Michael Blevins' white-supremacist ties.He said the situation troubles him personally, but legally there's nothing he can do.
  
  "It's the parents' responsibility to look into the personalities of the day care and our responsibility to look into the legality of the day care," Rice said.

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