Environmental Health

In the spring of 2008, Jackson County added an Environmental Health program to the Public Health Department. The Environmental Health Sanitarian is responsible for the licensing and inspection of all restaurants, hotels, tourist rooming houses, bed and breakfast establishments, vending machine operations, campgrounds, recreational-educational camps, temporary food establishments, tattoo and body-piercing establishments and public swimming pools within the county.  All public facilities previously listed must obtain a license before opening for business.  Each facility is inspected at least annually to insure that proper health and safety standards and state codes are being followed.

Wisconsin Administrative Codes:

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/Code/dhs/dhs110_vol_8.html

Links for Certified Food Manager Training:

Wisconsin Restaurant Association:

http://www.wirestaurant.org/ef/servsafe/index.php

Tavern League of Wisconsin:

http://www.tlw.org/public/education.shtml

 Water testing is available fee-exempt for any private well owner in the community who qualifies for WIC or Badger Care and whose home contains children under the age of 18 or an adult with an immunocompromised condition.  Water test kits are also available to anyone not meeting those criteria but must pay postage and laboratory fees.

 Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene:

http://www.slh.wisc.edu/ehd/citizens.dot

The Jackson County Public Health Department also provides short-term radon test kits at a cost of $6.00 each. 

 Link to DHS radon webpage:

http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/dph_beh/RadonProt/index.htm

 For more information, please contact Jackson County Public Health at 715-284-4301 ext. 408.