26A-1-106 - Assistance in establishing local departments -- Monitoring and standards of performance -- Responsibilities.
26A-1-106. Assistance in establishing local departments -- Monitoring andstandards of performance -- Responsibilities.
(1) (a) By request of county governing bodies, the department may assist in theestablishment of a local health department.
(b) The department shall monitor the effort of the local health department to protect andpromote the health of the public.
(c) The department shall establish by rule minimum performance standards for basicprograms of public health administration, personal health, laboratory services, health resources,and other preventive health programs not in conflict with state law as it finds necessary ordesirable for the protection of the public health.
(d) The department may by contract provide:
(i) funds to assist a local health department if local resources are inadequate; and
(ii) assistance to achieve the purposes of this part.
(2) Regulations or standards relating to public health or environmental health servicesadopted or established by a local health department may not be less restrictive than departmentrules.
(3) Local health departments are responsible within their boundaries for providing,directly or indirectly, basic public health services that include:
(a) public health administration and support services;
(b) maternal and child health;
(c) communicable disease control, surveillance, and epidemiology;
(d) food protection;
(e) solid waste management;
(f) waste water management; and
(g) safe drinking water management.
(4) The Department of Environmental Quality shall establish by rule minimumperformance standards, including standards for inspection and enforcement, for basic programs ofenvironmental health, not inconsistent with law, as necessary or desirable for the protection ofpublic health.
Amended by Chapter 249, 2002 General Session