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Chillicothe, OH. 45601

Phone: 740-779-9652

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

475 Western Ave., Suite 3A

Chillicothe, OH., 45601

Phone: 740-775-1158

Fax: 740-779-9615

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm

Email: eh@rosscountyhealth.com

PREPARE YOUR TURKEY SAFELY: The holidays should be a happy time and not one spoiled by food-borne illness. Below you'll find a number of UDSA informational sheets on safe thawing, cooking and handling of your holiday turkey.

Safe Thawing

Safe Cooking

Safe Handling of Cooked Dinners and Leftovers

Stuffing Turkey Safely

Let's Talk Turkey

Safely Handling Other Meats

AERATION INSPECTIONS FOR HUNTINGTON AND SCIOTO TOWNSHIPS: During 2009 Ross County Health District sanitarians will be conducting tri-annual inspections of aeration systems in Huntington and Scioto townships. For the information you need to know about these inspections, please click here. You can contact the Environmental Health Office at 775-1158, Monday through Friday, from 8 am until 4:30 pm.

FORMS:

Plan Requirements for Proposed Food Service Operations

FSO/RFE Plan Review Application

Risk Level Guide for FSO/RFE

Sanitary Regulations and Sewage Treatment System Rules

Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule

Plumbing Permits

Worksheet

Lot Evaluation Forms

Real Estate Sewage Certification Forms

Temporary Food Service License Application

Application for Time Specific Tattoo or Body Piercing

 

Mandated Programs Administered by Ross County Environmental Health

  • Ohio Department of Health Programs

 Food Safety Program: Risk Classification 1-4 food service operations (FSO) and retail food establishments (RFE)

  - Temporary and Mobile FSO&#146s and RFE&#146s

  - Catering food service operations

  - Vending food service operations

  - Facility layout and equipment reviews for new FSO’s and RFE&#146

  - Investigations of food service complaints and food borne illness outbreaks

Recreational Programs: Manufactured Home Parks

  - Recreational Campgrounds and RV parks

  - Marinas

  - Swimming pools, spas, special use pools, and bathing areas

  - Agricultural migrant labor camps

  - Resident Camps and day camps

 Private Water Systems:  Residential well and alternative water system permitting and inspections

  - Water hauler licensing and inspection

  - Water system certifications

  - Water sampling, bacteriologic, organic, and inorganic

Sewage Disposal Program: Residential sewage system installation permits and inspection

  - Lot evaluations and lot split certifications

  - Sewage system certifications

  - Registration of sewage system contractors

  - Subdivision plan review for waste water management

  - Alternative and experimental sewage system monitoring and evaluation

Nuisance Abatement: Sewage nuisance

  - Private water system nuisances

  - Solid waste and garbage nuisances

  - Insect/ rodent/ vector nuisances

  - Housing sanitation and indoor air complaint issues

Rabies Program: Animal bite investigations

  - Rabies surveillance

Institutional Programs:

- School environmental health and safety inspections

- Jail and County institution environmental health and safety inspections

Tattoo and Body Piercing:

- Licensing and inspection of tattoo and body piercing establishments

 

  • Ross County Board of Health Programs

Aeration Inspection Program - Inspections of discharging residential aeration waste water systems

Water Sampling - Water sample screening for total coliform bacteria

Residential Services - Residential Environmental Health and safety inspections

Indoor Air Quality - Carbon Monoxide testing

Private Cemetery - Private cemetery certifications