RECENT NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Environmental Health documents may be found below. If you need additional information or have questions and/or concerns please feel free to contact us. All documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader.
NGHD FOOD SERVICE DOCUMENTS
Service/Inspection Fees
Food Service Establishments
Mobile Food Unit Application
Food Service Permit Application (enternal link)
State of Georgia Food Service Information (external link)
Food Service Regulations (external link)
Vomiting/Diarrea Clean Up Poster (external link)
Food Service Establishment Inspections (external link)
Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook (external link)
Public Benefit Affidavit (external link)
Water Service Interruption Brochure (boil water notice) (external link)
Rabies Exposure
Georgia Rabies Control Manual (external link)
On-Site Sewage Management (OSSMS)
On-Site Sewage Systems Manual (external link)
State of Georgia Land Use information (external link)
Approved Soil Classifiers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Installers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Pumpers (external link)
Septic System Challenge Video Receives Gold National Award (external link)
STUDY GUIDES FOR CONTRACTORS AND INSTALLERS
♦ Education and Training (external link)
♦ Portable Sanitation (external link)
♦ Residential Systems (external link)
♦ Commercial Systems (external link)
♦ Septic Tank Pumpers (external link)
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
TO ARRANGE TESTING FOR STATE CERTIFICATION IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE AREAS, CONTACT THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR AT 706-272-2342, Ext. 312. TESTING IS GIVEN MONTHLY.
Public Swimming Pools and Spas
♦ State Rules and Regulations (external link)
♦ Pool Operator Training Courses (external link)
♦ Construction Application (external link)
♦ Fecal Incident Chart (external link)
♦ Operation Application (external link)
♦ CDC’s Healthy Swimming Website (external link)
♦ CDC’s Public Information on Swimming (external link)
♦ Hidden Pool Dangers and the Virginia Graham Baker Act (external link)
♦ U.S. Consumer Protection Agency and Pool Safety (external link)
♦ State of Georgia Pool information (external link)
Tourist Accommodations
♦ Rules and Regulations for Tourist Accommodations (external link)
♦ Application (external link)
♦ Gas-Fired Heating Inspection Form (external link)
♦ Plan Review Instructions for Proposed Facilities (external link)
♦ Plan Review Checklist (external link)
♦ Find Inspection Reports of Tourist Accommodations (external link)
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
♦ Well Water Information (if not on public water system) (external link)
♦ BEDBUGS (external link)
♦ Infestations (external link)
♦ CDC Frequently asked questions about bedbugs (external link)
♦ State of Georgia Tourism information (external link)
Body Art Studios & Tattoo/Body Piercing Artists
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
♦ CDC Body Art Information (external link)
Miscellaneous Environmental Health Information
♦ CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health
♦ Childhood Lead Poisoning
♦ Indoor Air Quality
♦ Tanning and Skin Cancer
Environmental Health documents may be found below. If you need additional information or have questions and/or concerns please feel free to contact us. All documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader.
NGHD FOOD SERVICE DOCUMENTS
Service/Inspection Fees
Rabies Exposure
Georgia Rabies Control Manual (external link)
On-Site Sewage Management (OSSMS)
Wastewater Management Information (external link)
Approved Soil Classifiers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Installers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Pumpers (external link)
Septic System Challenge Video Receives Gold National Award (external link)
STUDY GUIDES FOR CONTRACTORS AND INSTALLERS
♦ Education and Training (external link)
♦ Portable Sanitation (external link)
♦ Portable Sanitation Pumpers (external link)
♦ Residential Systems (external link)
♦ Commercial Systems (external link)
♦ Septic Tank Pumpers (external link)
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
TO ARRANGE TESTING FOR STATE CERTIFICATION IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE AREAS, CONTACT THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR AT 706-272-2342, Ext. 312. TESTING IS GIVEN MONTHLY.
Public Swimming Pools and Spas
♦ State Rules and Regulations (external link)
♦ Pool Operator Training Courses (external link)
♦ Construction Application (external link)
♦ Fecal Incident Chart (external link)
♦ Operation Application (external link)
♦ CDC’s Healthy Swimming Website (external link)
♦ Hidden Pool Dangers and the Virginia Graham Baker Act (external link)
♦ U.S. Consumer Protection Agency and Pool Safety (external link)
♦ State of Georgia Pool information (external link)
Tourist Accommodations
♦ Rules and Regulations for Tourist Accommodations (external link)
♦ Application (external link)
♦ Gas-Fired Heating Inspection Form (external link)
♦ Plan Review Instructions for Proposed Facilities (external link)
♦ Plan Review Checklist (external link)
♦ Find Inspection Reports of Tourist Accommodations (external link)
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
♦ Well Water Information (if not on public water system) (external link)
♦ BEDBUGS (external link)
♦ Infestations (external link)
♦ CDC Frequently asked questions about bedbugs (external link)
♦ State of Georgia Tourism information (external link)
Body Art Studios & Tattoo/Body Piercing Artists
♦ Verification of Residency Form (external link)
♦ CDC Body Art Information (external link)
Miscellaneous Environmental Health Information
♦ CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health
♦ Childhood Lead Poisoning
♦ Indoor Air Quality
♦ Tanning and Skin Cancer
Environmental Health documents may be found below. If you need additional information or have questions and/or concerns please feel free to contact us. All documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader.
NGHD FOOD SERVICE DOCUMENTS
Service/Inspection Fees
Rabies Exposure
Georgia Rabies Control Manual (external link)
On-Site Sewage Management (OSSMS)
Approved Soil Classifiers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Installers (external link)
Certified Septic Tank Pumpers (external link)
Septic System Challenge Video Receives Gold National Award (external link)
Public Swimming Pools and Spas
State of Georgia Pool information (external link)
Tourist Accommodations
State of Georgia Tourism information (external link)
Body Art Studios & Tattoo/Body Piercing Artists
Cherokee County Board of Health Chairman Russ Flynn and Nancy Stackhouse, Georgia's CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for 2012
Woodstock (GA) August 2, 2012 - Cherokee County Board of Health Chairman Russ Flynn has presented a letter of congratulations to Cherokee County Health Immunization Outreach Coordinator Nancy Stackhouse, LPN, on being named Georgia's CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for 2012.
In the letter given to Stackhouse at the quarterly Cherokee County Board of Health meeting on August 1, Flynn stated, "The Cherokee County Board of Health appreciates your leadership promoting childhood immunization through vaccination, education, and recognition of children in Cherokee County."
Stackhouse is involved in daily community promotion and education of childhood immunizations in her role with the Cherokee County Health Department. During the past twenty-nine years in public health, she has been a community leader in immunization issues while collaborating with schools, churches, businesses, and other agencies to foster childhood immunizations.
The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award is a new annual award that recognizes one champion from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia who makes a significant contribution toward improving public health through his or her work in childhood immunization.
Awardees for this inaugural year were announced in conjunction with National Infant Immunization Week last April.
For more information about the new CDC Childhood Immunization Award, log onto http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/champions/childhood.html.
View our Brochure (pdf)The Cherokee County Health Department is an integral part of the quality health care system in Cherokee County, and provides core public health services and innovative health care solutions for residents of our community. The Health Department works to protect and improve the health of all citizens and to make our community a safe and healthy place to live.
Cherokee County Health Services
• Vital Records (Woodstock Clinic)
• Birth and Death certificates
• Prenatal Services (Canton Clinic)
• Offers examinations to pregnant women (listen to baby's heartbeat, laboratory work, test, and nutritional counseling and education).
• Family Planning Services
• Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
• Presumptive Eligibility
• Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
• Perinatal Case Management
• Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.
• Babies Can't Wait/Child Tracking Program
• Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.
• Well Baby
• Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 6 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
• The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
• Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
• Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides AIDS testing and counseling services.
• Infectious Diseases
• Includes tuberculosis
• General Nursing Services
• Provides immunizations, minor sick child visits, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis screening and pregnancy tests.
• Immunizations
• Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization in infants up to two years of age.
• Child Health
• Children's First, Babies Can't Wait, limited Sick Visits.
• Dental Health (Canton Clinic)
• Health Education Services
• Provides educational services to individuals, community groups, churches, and public and private schools which are presented by nurses, nutritionists, health educators and other staff members.
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Canton or Woodstock Health Department.
Click image to view FlyerThe Cherokee County Health Department will conduct a Back To School Health Clinic from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at both public health centers in Canton and Woodstock. Hearing, Dental and Vision Screenings will be offered for $30.00, and Immunizations will be provided for School-aged Children (there is a charge for vaccines). Medicaid is accepted. The Canton public health center is located at 1219 Univeter Road, and the Woodstock public health center is at 7545 N. Main Street. For more information, please call (770) 345-7371 in Canton, or call (770) 928-0133 in Woodstock. 
Click Image to View FlyerThe Whitfield County Health Department is currently arranging to conduct Workplace Flu Vaccination Clinics at local businesses. A team of registered nurses and support staff will assure a smooth, seamless process of vaccinating employees at a time that is most convenient for each workplace. Several employer insurance carriers cover the cost of flu vaccine. The health department provides an affordable option. Managers are urged to help keep their workforce working this upcoming flu season by calling (706) 281-2212 for more details. R.T. Jones Memorial Library in Canton, GA
116 Brown Industrial Parkway Canton, GA 30114
770-479-3090
Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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![Lucy Branson [left] of the North Georgia Health District's Living Bridge Center administers an Orasure, or oral swab, HIV test](/images/free_hiv_testing.jpg)
Lucy Branson [left] of the North Georgia Health District's Living Bridge Center administers an Orasure, or oral swab, HIV testTHE LIVING BRIDGE CENTER IN DALTON WILL OFFER FREE HIV TESTING ON NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012. THE FREE TESTING WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. AT THE WHITFIELD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOCATED AT 800 PROFESSIONAL BOULEVARD IN DALTON, GEORGIA.
THE ORASURE (ORAL SWAB) TESTING METHOD WILL BE USED.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED?
THE CDC RECOMMENDS THAT EVERYONE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 64 BE TESTED FOR HIV AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME, AND THOSE AT INCREASED RISK -- SUCH AS GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, INJECTION DRUG USERS, OR PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS -- SHOULD BE TESTED AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
FREE T-SHIRTS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, GOODY BAGS, AND INCENTIVE CARDS FOR RETURNING FOR TEST RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FREE HIV TESTING EVENT, CALL THE LIVING BRIDGE CENTER AT 706-281-2360.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY, LOG ONTO WWW.NAPWA.ORG.