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Directory of Community Services
A service of Carroll County Public Library
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Carroll County Health Department, Bureau of Environmental Health 
Carroll County Health Department
Westminster, MD 21157-5219
410-876-1884 - voice
| Office Hours | Mon-Fri 8-5 |
|---|---|
| Contact 1 | Mr. Leigh T. Broderick Director 410-876-1884 - voice |
| Contact 2 | Ms. Andrea Hanley |
| Purpose | To control and improve environmental factors affecting the public health of citizens. |
| Service | Services: Oversees: FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES - LICENSING and INSPECTIONS of restaurants, grocery stores, and other locations that prepare food; CAMP INSPECTIONS; SEWAGE - PERMITTING and INSPECTION of individual on-site sewage disposal systems; observes percolation tests; inspects vehicles of septage waste haulers; LAND DEVELOPMENT - REVIEW of subdivision and commercial site plans, and reviews master plans for water, sewer, solid waste, and recycling; EXOTIC BIRDS - PERMITTING and INSPECTIONS for psittacine birds (e.g., parrots); RABIES - investigates animal bites, and offers animal anti-rabies vaccination clinics; SWIMMING POOLS and BATHING BEACHES - PERMITTING and INSPECTIONS of Aquatic Venues; WATER QUALITY - PERMITTING and INSPECTION for individual wells, collection of water samples, monitoring noncommunity water supplies, and investigating ground water contamination; RADON control with information and interpretation of results; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - information and referral services; SLUDGE - review applications for permits for sludge application sites and respond to complaints; . Processes information requests about all programs. Enforces various regulations and responds to complaints. Provides educational outreach on environmental health issues. |
| Fees | Fees vary. |
| Area Served | Serves Carroll County. |
| Subjects | Animal Control, Food - Inspection, Health Care Organizations, Information And Referral, Licensing And Regulation, Percolation Test, Pollution, Rabies, Radon, Rodent Control, Sanitation, Speakers' Bureau, Water Testing |
| Last Updated | 30 April 2020 |