Environmental Public Health

The Florida Department of Health in Lafayette County provides a range of Environmental Health Services. Our goal is to keep our environment safe for our community. We do this by offering the following services:

• Regulation, permitting, and inspection of Septic tank systems
• Regulation and inspection of public swimming pools and public bathing places
• Regulation and inspection of group care facilities, migrant labor camps, recreational camps and parks, and mobile home parks
• Regulation and inspection of tanning salons and massage establishments
• Regulation and inspection of food hygiene service facilities in schools
• Investigate complaints of sanitary nuisances
• Investigate cases and outbreaks of food or waterborne diseases
• Investigate rabies incidents

Fees are charged for regulation, inspection and permitting services. Please call our Environmental Health office at 386-294-1321 for fee information.

Some Environmental Health Services are only available on certain dates. For more information, call 386-294-1321 or contact William Jenkins at 386-362-2708, Ext. 6119.

Resources

• Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Florida Health - Onsite Sewage Program
• Florida Health - Healthy Environments