Cherokee County, Iowa Environmental Health office.

Environmental Health Duties:

	Food inspections-approximately 100 food licenses in Cherokee County. Each facility is inspected 1-3 times per year, more if needed
	Tattoo parlor inspections
	Swimming pool inspections-inspect pools, spas and wading pools that are open for the public’s use
	Tanning bed inspections
	Hotel/Motel inspections
	Indoor air quality-sell radon kits, educate public on dangers of radon exposure
	Septic permitting and inspections
	Administer DNR Grants to counties program-this program allows us to test private well water for free, monetarily assist landowners with well and cistern plugging, and monetarily assist landowners with well rehabilitation to improve their water quality
	Private water well permitting
	Septic time of sale inspections
	Nuisance complaints- Nuisance complaints are time intensive, as each must be investigated and acted upon. Some complaints must be referred to outside agencies or to a city, while many of them are the responsibility of Environmental Health
	Epidemiological investigations-work in tandem with public health to investigate disease outbreaks as they relate to food or the environment
	Public education on all topics relating to Environmental Health. This is key to preventing diseases caused by environmental and/or human factors