"Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

The Ashburton District Council provides an Environmental Health service:

• To protect public health and safety.
• To promote and protect the natural and physical environment
• To protect the public from nuisance

How this service is provided:

1. Environmental Health Officers (EHO's) inspect 350 premises to ensure minimum standards of health are maintained. Premises include:
   
   • Food premises
   • Hairdressers shops
   • Camping grounds
   • Offensive trades
   • Mobile shops & food stalls
     
2. Nuisances such as litter, smoke, odours, vermin, insects, and noise, are investigated and resolved.
3. Notifiable infectious diseases are investigated.
4. Monitoring of drinking water quality
5. Reporting on health aspects of certain applications under the Building Act and Resource Management Act
6. Recreational bathing - rivers and lakes
7. Assorted environmental testing and survey work including sewerage effluent, toxic, hazardous substances etc.
8. Bylaw enforcement
9. Litter control including infringement notices

Legislation administered:

Ashburton District Council Bylaw
*Health Act 1956
*Resource Management Act 1991
*Food Hygiene Regulations 1974
*Litter act 1979
*The Camping Ground Act 1985
*Health (Hairdressers) Regulations 1980
*Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations

*visit http://www.legislation.govt.nz

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