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Environmental Health Services
Environmental Health Services
include the following:
- Biomedical
Waste Disposal / Needle Disposal
- Body
Piercing & Tattooing
- Doggie Dining
Permits & inspections for restaurants allowing dogs in their outdoor
seating areas
- Food Borne Illness (Food Poisoning)
Trained specialists work to reduce the risk of food and waterborne
disease throughout the State of Florida. Activities include ongoing
monitoring, investigation of outbreaks, reporting of disease and
public education.
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Health Concerns & Nuisances
Environmental Health responds to reports of concerns and nuisances
- Indoor
Air Quality
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Inspections & Licenses
Businesses: child care & group care facilities, schools, public
pools, etc
Public resources: water supplies, beaches, etc
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Lead
Environmental Health participates in a statewide program
aimed at protecting the health and cognitive development of children
and adults by preventing exposure to lead in paint and other
substances in the environment.
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Mosquito Management
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PACE (Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence
in Environmental Health)
Collectively, the county health departments across Florida who have
implemented PACE EH in communities have become a national model for
identifying urban planning issues as environmental health issues.
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Radon Testing
Trained specialists serve as a technical resource to the
public on the health effects of radon.
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Rabies Control
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Septic Systems
For information on permit, design,
installation, and operation regulations, or to report a system in
failure, please contact Environmental Services (see below).
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Swimming Pools & Bathing
Places
Information on regulation of pools and resources for pool
maintenance workers
- Transportation
Non-emergency Medical Transportation Services
- Wells
Environmental Health Services oversees
the permitting, construction, operation, and modification of wells
in Sarasota County and assists in complaints.
Sarasota County Well Drilling Ordinance
[56KB PDF]
Well Drilling Policy [2.8MB PDF]
Well Chlorination Flier [577KB PDF]
Emergency Disinfection Flier [435KB PDF]
Water System Disinfection Procedure
[336KB PDF]
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Environmental Services Contact Information:
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