Knox County Health Department and Home Health Agency

Knox County Health Department has an Environmentalist as well as an Epidemiologist on staff.  Environmental Public Health Services provided through the Health Department include:

• Food Safety Services
• Daycare Inspections
• Lodging Inspections
• Communicable Disease Control       -Surveillance                              -Epidemiology Services
• Ensuring Safe Water Supply
• On-Site Sewage Information

Duties of the Environmentalist

Demand Request for Services

1. On-Site Sewage- Includes requests for information, complaints and state permitted systems
2. Water Testing- Sampling and recommendations for private wells.  Does not include testing of public water supplies.
3. Communicable Disease Investigation- Includes investigations of rabies, lead poisoning, food and water outbreaks and water-borne outbreaks and cases.
4. Emergency Response- Public Health issues dealing with fires, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, bioterrorism, accidents, embargoes and food product recalls.
5. Vector and Animal Control- These include public health issues dealing with insects, rodents, wild and domestic animals.
6. Surveys- Requests to assess environmental health conditions which may or are posing a potential or existing risk of health problems.

Complaints or Request for Information

Usually involve general public health issues including food, water, air, housing, sewage, animals and other carriers.

Training

Various training programs are presented by the Environmentalist.  This includes talks, lectures and training sessions concerning diseases and conditions and how to prevent their transmission through the environment of food, water, air, sewage and shelter.

Regulated Facilities

Restaurants

Edina

The Blue Room

Knox County Senior Citizens Center

Edina Auction Cafe

Lucky's

LTD Ice Cream

Miller's Catering

Baring

IDK Cafe

Newark

Ozark Steakhouse

Novelty

Diner 156

Temporary Food Stands

Edina Corn Festival

Edina 4-H Fair

Hurdland 4th of July Celebration

Colony Flea Market

Rutledge Dog and Gun Auction

Franke's Kettle Corn of Novelty

Grocery Stores

C&R Market - Edina

Convenience Stores

Casey's General Store - Edina

Pick A Dilly - Edina

Schools

Knox County Schools

Knox County Schools Summer Food Program