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- EH Tool Kit (from the HAN)

Online Environmental Health Professional Resource Manual For New Environmental Health Professionals &

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Resource Manual of Laws & Rules

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The manual has been scanned and is broken out into components for easier printing.

1. GENERAL INFORMATION 2. ASSOCIATIONS 3. BOARD OF HEALTH 4. WELLS & GRANTS TO COUNTIES

5. ONSITE WASTEWATER/SEPTIC 6. TATTOOS 7. TANNING 8. SWIMMING POOLS/SPAS 9. NUISANCES

Click here for the Environmental Health Took Kit

Taken off the HAN (Iowa Health Alert Network). This a compilation of EH policies and procedures from public health regions across Iowa.

Resource Manual Individual Laws & Rules Documents

Contact Information

Iowa Public Health Planning Regions/Map

Identifies each public health region on a color map with links to the county contact.

Iowa Department of Public Health List of Regions and Contacts

List of each region and contact information

Iowa Department of Natural Resources Environmental Field Offices

Identifies each IDNR with contact information.

IDPH Contacts & Program Directory

Associations

Iowa Environmental Health Association (IEHA) Membership Application

Iowa Environmental Health Association - Who We Are

Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA)

Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association (IOWWA)

Iowa Water Well Association (IWWA)

Iowa AIR Coalition

National Environmental
Health Association (NEHA)

Wells & Private Well Program

Wellcare - Evaluationg Water Wells

Chapter 24 - Private Well Program

Chapter 38-Private Water Well Construction Permits

Chapter 39 - Requirements for Properly Plugging Abandoned Wells

Chapter 49 - Nonpublic Water Supply
Wells

Chapter 82 - Well Contractor Certification

Private Water Well Testing Form

Abandoned Water Well Plugging Record

Private Water Well Reconstruction Record

Well Permit Application

State Hygienic Lab Sample Collection
Instructions

DNR Permit Fee Voucher

BOH & BOS Rules

Iowa Law & Rule Search Site

Code of Iowa Chapter 137

Local Boards of Health

Sets up jurisdiction of local board of health
Provides rule-making authority
Provides authority to employ EH personnel to deliver services
Allows local boards of health to issue penalties

IAC Chapter 641 - 77

Roles & responsibilities of LBOH
Core competencies & essential services

Code of Iowa Chapter 135

Iowa Department of Health & Human Services - Public Health

Administer funding for private well program (Formally Grants to Counties)

Code of Iowa Chapter 455B.172

Requires local boards of health to be the administrative authority over private septic systems and private water wells.

Code of Iowa Chapter 331.302

Identifies the process for establishing county legislation under the board of supervisors. (Adopting Ordinances)

Tattoos

Chapter 22: Practice of Tattooing

State Tattoo Inspection Report

Environmental Health: It is Everywhere, Everyday! ~ Non-Profit Organization (501c) Information ~

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