Participants in WIC receive an eWIC card for healthy foods. The foods provided by WIC provide nutrients that are essential for good health and growth. Participants also meet with nurses and dietitians to review health and diet information, discuss important nutrition information for their family, and receive referrals for other services when needed.

Conducts hotel/motel inspections in Cerro Gordo County every year. Each facility is inspected for health-related issues including room inspections, bathrooms, and outside and inside facilities including the lobby, halls, storerooms, closets, and housekeeping rooms. The inspections identify deficiencies and require compliance when necessary.

Conducts inspections in tattoo establishments in Cerro Gordo County. Inspections are conducted to protect the public from diseases that may be transmitted from one person to another through unsanitary or unsafe conditions. People who get tattoos and their future contacts are at risk for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, other blood borne pathogens, and infections if proper procedures are not in place. During inspections, inspectors check sterilization equipment and records, facility and equipment sanitation and condition, artist procedures and sanitary measures that are used during the tattooing procedure, facility records, and after-care instruction and education. The tattoo operators are charged an inspection fee of $250.

Inspections are conducted for public swimming pools and spas at hotels, municipal facilities, fitness centers, apartment complexes, and other publicly used pools and spas. Inspections are conducted to protect the public from recreational water illnesses, swimming accidents, and drowning. Inspectors check pool records and signage, personnel certifications, water chemistry and sanitation, pool design, maintenance and construction, safety procedures, and equipment. Swimming pool and spa operators are charged a fee for the inspection. The fee is based on the type and size of the pool or spa.

Conducts inspects on over 350 food establishments in Cerro Gordo County. There are two to three inspections per year for most food operations in Cerro Gordo County. Inspectors look at the physical conditions of the establishment as well as the food handling practices of the employees. In addition, the department investigates food service complaints and conducts food sanitation training. Licenses are required for all food establishments.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

Regulatory program that provides food sanitation inspections and education, as well as inspections for potable water supplies (wells), private sewage disposal, nuisance control, housing, solid waste, insects and rodents, tanning beds, and radon education.

Environmental Health Protection Division: Offers a variety of environmental health services, including investigations of restaurant unsanitary conditions and food poisoning.

Food Sanitation Program: The goal of the program is to protect citizens from contracting and transmitting food-borne illnesses and to educate food service operators and consumers about safe food handling practices.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

Provides lead level screenings, food and lodging inspections, and communicable disease surveillance and investigation.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

Provides Public Health Services.

Provides a wide range of environmental/sanitation public health services, including the following: communicable disease investigation, case management, and outbreak management food and lodging establishment inspections and follow-up rabies management certified water testing sewage system inspections

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

This program is responsible for inspecting: food establishments, private water and sewage, septic systems, day care inspections, daily incoming complaints, and other environmental health issues.

Food and Beverage Control: Inspects restaurants, taverns, and other establishments serving food, including food booths at fairs and festivals, to ensure food safety.