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Hunt County health manager seeks to restore vacant RN post, cites measles investigations and vaccine outreach
Summary
Hunt County Public Health Director Carolyn White asked commissioners to reclassify a vacant medical assistant position to a registered nurse, citing expanded communicable‑disease work, 1,061 clinic visits and 2,954 vaccines administered in 2025 and the need to meet grant requirements.
Carolyn White, registered nurse and medical manager of the Hunt County Health Department, asked the commissioners’ court on Dec. 23 to change a currently vacant medical assistant (MA) position back to a registered nurse (RN), saying the clinic’s expanding responsibilities exceed the MA scope of practice.
"This year alone, just since January 1 until 12/02/2025, my department has had over 530 communicable diseases that were reported to us," White told the court. She said the department investigated 11 suspected measles cases in 2025 and followed 154 contacts for up to 21…
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