On behalf of Dallas County Health and Human Services Department (Environmental Health Division), we welcome you to our Website.
You will find information regarding activities such as food and drinking establishment inspections; public health complaints and investigations;
water quality, nuisance abatement/illegal dumping activities; private sewerage facilities, vector/mosquito control, and animal control services.
For additional information or assistance, feel free to call our office at (214) 819-2115, or fax us at (214) 819-2868.
Objectives/Goal
Our objective/goal is to prevent and protect the citizens of Dallas County from diseases associated with food, animals, vectors,
water, solid and liquid wastes; hazardous waste, etc., as required by federal, state, and local laws.
Laws
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Laws relating to Food and Drinking Establishments: Refer to the Texas Department of State Health Services; rules
authorized by the Texas Board of Health, Chapter 437 of the Texas Health and Safety Code; 25 Texas Administration Code (TAC) Chapter 229, Sections 229.161 - 229-175.
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Laws relating to Private Sewerage Facilities: Refer to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality( TCEQ), 30
Texas Administration Code 285.1 - 285-91, Chapter 366 of the Health and Safety Code.
Laws relating to Animal Control: Refer to Chapter 826, Health and Safety Code. Laws relating to Nuisances and General Sanitation: Refer to Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code. Laws relating to the Abatement of Public Nuisances in certain counties: Refer to Chapter 343, Health and Safety
Code. Laws relating to Litter: Refer to Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code.
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