(Why does the health department tell us to wash germs off our hands with warm/hot water and soap, but the FDA tells us to wash fruits and vegetables with cold water and no soap?) Answer I don’t care what the FDA says, I wash fruits and vegetables with dishwashing liquid and a vegetable brush, I Read more »
Tag Archives: health department
What is the hardest part of your job as a nurse in the health department?
Answer Working for the Heath Dept. is a great job with alot of diversity. The one thing that can make it a little disheartening is that you may see the same people time after time being non-compliant.
How long till we pass a law the requires a health department permit to serve food to the homeless .?
(People need to stop feeding the homeless like they do with the bears and alligators . Stop feeding them and they move on and go away . Set up a place for them to eat and they mill around all day within a few miles of the free food . They start lining up 30 Read more »
How do I report someone tothe health department?
(Ok so I know a wholesale food distribituter that is doing bad things. They are rubbing expiration dates off of products, selling expired canned items, telling people that the expiration date is actually the date the product was made and that it is still good. They even tell their customers sometimes that the product was Read more »
Will the health department give your child health department
Answer It depends. If they are able to look in your records and get it, then its fine. If you’ve never been to that health department though, then they won’t give any shots without knowing what your child has or hasn’t had. They’ll simply tell you to contact the doctor or health department that you Read more »
Can you report an apartment complex you lived at to the health department?
(A year ago, I was down on my luck and moved into an efficiency. It used to be a motel, and they converted them to studio apartments. They are 20 + years old, and ran down. The rooms are filled with cockroaches and most of the residents are crackheads.) Answer You can ring fair trading Read more »
The Health Department is inspecting my apartment complex tomorrow…. details inside?
(I got a notice on my door saying the Health Department was going to inspect our apartment (and others but I dont know if it is only in our building or the whole complex). We called the front office because in 7 yrs of apartment living we had never heard of such a thing. They Read more »
Does anybody have a link to the health department for prices on mirena removal?
(I am having to have it removed because of severe side effects.) Answer I had mine removed for nothing. They can actually fall out. You probably already know that there is a little string attached to it, that is so you know it is still there. All the doc did was pull mind out. It Read more »
Please enlighten me on why the health department wants me to sell alcohol to get licensing for a hookah cafe?
(I live in WV, smoking is legal in bars. The only way I can open a hookah cafe (smoke flavored tobacco in a cafe setting), is if I sell alcohol. Why? If people knowingly go into a business specialized in tobacco.. how is that breaking the law? Just because 80% of my business doesn’t come Read more »
Should this restaurant be reported to the health department?
(My husband and I frequent this really good Chinese restaurant called the “Golden Wok” in our little Iowa town. Last night we got our takeout home and my husband noticed that the beef lo mein that he ordered tasted like and looked like pork. He gets this dish every time we go and knows how Read more »
How do I get in contact with the fire cheif and health department?
(I am trying to figure out how and what i need to do for them to come out and look at my up and coming buisness.) Answer look in the front of your local phone book. there is a listing of all local & federal agencies. great place to start for those numbers.
What kind of medical services does the health department offer?
(Can they test my thyroid? Is it expensive? I don’t have insurance.) Answer The public health departments are in major cities with branches and out reach clinic in counties.Their services cover the medically indigent so you should not concern yourself with cost especially if your income is limited. Even if they can not render the Read more »
How do you report someone to the health department?
(How would you report someone that has a un healthy habit and living area like a house or apartment that affects people living around them.) Answer call the health department and tell them straight out..who you are and ask them what you can do about this situation..ask your name not be released