Environmental Health assures food, lodging, and institutional sanitation as well as proper sewage disposal and well protection.
Services
Environmental Health provides a range of services that protect the health of all citizens of Nash County. These services include:
Permitting and inspection of facilities that sell food to the public
Provides food-handler classes to food service establishment employees
Inspects all public pools to enforce health and safety standards
Inspects day cares, summer camps, rest / nursing homes, hospitals, residential care and confinement facilities, tattoo parlors, and lodging facilities to enforce state rules
Enforces state laws which help protect children from exposure to lead hazards
Enforces state laws and regulations on smoke-free bars / restaurants
Helps prevent the spread of disease from improper sewage disposal and unprotected wells
Collects and tests water samples
Provides well permitting and related inspections and samples
Provides Septic design, permitting and installation inspections
Evaluates building sites for suitability of septic systems and enforces state and local well rules