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The Environmental Health Section of the Gwinnett County Board of Health is dedicated to preventing the spread of disease. In Gwinnett County, the agency enforces six sets of regulations that have been designed for this purpose.

Food Service Establishments
Environmental Health regulates food service establishments such as restaurants, portable food service vehicles, school and institutional cafeterias, and catering services. Some of the functions of the agency regarding food service are:

• Training food service personnel,
• Permitting establishments,
• Conducting inspections to insure code compliance, and
• Complaint investigations.

Land Use
Gwinnett County has one of the highest concentrations of septic systems in the country. Environmental Health plays a critical role by insuring that these on-site sewage disposal systems are built to code and are repaired promptly when they fail.

Regulatory services performed by the agency include:

• Client consultation for determining feasibility of septic system use,
• Site evaluation for septic system placement,
• Permitting and inspections of system construction,
• Certification of existing systems for lending institutions,
• Complaint investigations, and
• Licensing of septic system contractors and septic tank cleaning services.

Public Swimming Pools and Spas
Environmental Health inspects all public swimming pools in the county before they are allowed to open for the season. Health officers also perform surprise inspections throughout the summer to insure health code compliance. Surprise inspections of spas are conducted all year long.

Tourist Accommodations
Health officers inspect all hotels, motels, and "Bed and Breakfast" inns twice each year. They check the physical plant for cleanliness, the workers for good health, and the facilities' methods for waste disposal. Tourist accommodations are also checked when a customer files a complaint.

Vector Control
Gwinnett County adopted this ordinance in July of 1998. It is intended to prevent man-made harborage for rats and mosquitoes. Environmental Health officers investigate complaints from the public and use persuasion, education, and, occasionally, citations to get problem areas corrected.

Property Maintenance
Environmental Health, in conjunction with the County's Planning and Development agency, investigates and pursues abatement of complaints against unkempt properties. Overgrown yards, abandoned vehicles and swimming pools, accumulations of garbage, and abandoned houses are the most common complaints received by the agency.