Health Department

The Board of Health is responsible for:

  • the promotion and protection of public health through:
    • education
    • enforcement of environmental, public, medical and mental health laws
    • regulations 
  • providing enforcement of the State Sanitary Code in the areas of:
    • housing
    • food sales and service
    • pools
    • camps 
  • the surveillance and reporting of communicable disease
  • the State Environmental Code for: 
    • wells
    • septic systems
    • lead and asbestos abatement
    • ground water protection