The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
and the National
Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) are
pleased to provide the Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer. NALBOH
and EHAC identified faculty of environmental health programs to develop the
Primer that NALBOH is providing to local board of health members. The
Environmental Health Services Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) encouraged the
project and provided technical oversight and support.
Local boards of health are responsible for assuring the provision of adequate
public health services in their communities, including protecting a community
from environmental health risks. A board of health’s role is to:
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