Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R305 - Administration
Rule R305-10 - Local Health Department Minimum Performance Standards
Section R305-10-7 - Local Health Department Environmental Health Programs

(1) Each local health department shall develop, implement, and maintain environmental health programs to meet the special or unique needs of its community as determined by local or state needs assessment and the local board of health.

(2) Environmental health programs provided by local health departments shall be delivered and controlled in accordance with approved budget and evaluated for effectiveness and impact.

(3) Each local health department shall provide environmental health services in compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, rules, policies and procedures, and accepted standards of public health.

(4) The Department shall establish a service delivery plan with each local health department to clarify roles and responsibilities of shared environmental health programs.

(5) The Department shall provide specialized training where necessary for the local health department to be successful in accomplishing its responsibilities related to the service delivery plan.

(6) Each local health department shall ensure that there is a program including the maintenance of an inventory of regulated entities or complaints for investigation of complaints about environmental health hazards, to include inspections including corrective actions and an information system that documents the process of receiving, investigating and the final disposition of complaints.

(7) The Department and local health departments shall coordinate inspections, complaint investigations, and enforcement activities on regulated entities where there is joint responsibility and as specified in the Environmental Service Delivery Plan.