Durham (Region of). Health Department

Emergency Response

• emergency preparedness
• Potassium Iodide (KI pills)

Food Safety

• inspects food premises
• food recalls
• new food premises inquiries
• new home-based food premises inquiries
• investigates food safety complaints

Health Hazard/Healthy Environments

• investigates environmental health hazards, spills
• health impacts of climate hazards
• inspects overnight recreational camps, international agricultural worker housing accommodations, congregate living settings
• pest and rodent issues
• extreme cold/heat concerns, indoor/outdoor air quality, mould, radon
• harmful plants

Infection Control

• infectious disease investigations and outbreaks including vectorborne diseases
• licensed childcare inspections and complaint investigations
• personal service setting inspections and complaint investigations
• information on proper sharps disposal
• West Nile Virus - larval and adult mosquito surveillance and vector control
• stagnant water complaints
• tickborne disease including Lyme Disease
• foodborne illness
• institutional and congregate living settings outbreak investigation and management
• infection prevention and control (IPAC) lapse investigations

Rabies

• investigates animal bite exposures
• rabies vaccine inquiries
• enforces mandatory rabies vaccination for pets
• rabies educational materials

Safe Water

• inspect public recreational water facilities (pools, spas, splashpads etc.)
• monitor and conduct water sampling of public beaches
• provide private well water sample bottles, facilitate testing of private well water and assist in the interpretation of well water sample results
• inspect small drinking water systems
• respond to adverse water quality incident reports for municipal water systems and other public water supplies

Septic Systems and Planning Activities

• land severances and other planning activity applications in relation to private septic systems and wells
• review of building permit applications and issuing of permits for private septic systems
• review of building addition applications (including pools) in relation to private septic systems
• accessing private septic system records

Smoke Free Ontario Act

• enforces the SFOA and the Durham Region Smoke and Vape By-Law 28-2019
• inspects tobacco and vapour retailer premises
• restricts youth access to tobacco and vapour products
• investigates complaints related to stores selling tobacco and vapes to minors
• investigates smoking and vaping complaints in all enclosed workplaces and public places
• discloses retailer/owner convictions related to tobacco sales offences and vapour product sales offences and Durham Region Smoke and Vape By-Law on Durham.ca website

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Inspection reports and legal activities can be found on the Check&Go Disclosure Webpage