Environmental Public Health

The Florida Department of Health focuses on disease prevention and public health activities. The Division of Environmental Health conducts activities to prepare, educate, and implement routine monitoring, surveillance, and sampling that may prevent occurrence or transmission of disease from environmental origin.

Environmental Health currently inspects and regulates:

• Rabies and Animal Bite Investigations
• Biomedical Waste
• Commercial Swimming Pools
• Body Piercing Establishment
• Migrant Labor and Farm Worker Housing
• Mobile Home and RV parks
• Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems
• Sanitary Nuisance Complaints
• Septic System Permitting
• Tanning Salon Inspections
• Drinking Water Surveillance
• Well Permits
• Tattooing and Permanent Makeup
• Food Hygiene and Group Care

Resources

• Pay your fees and print your permit online
• Check the status of an inspection for any of our programs
• Report an unsafe or unsanitary condition in a restaurant, caterer or mobile food unit
• Radon Test Kit Request Form