Environmental Health Services

The Accomack County Health Department's Environmental Health staff provides services in many program areas including: risk-based food safety inspections at restaurants; animal bite investigation s to assure rabies prevention and control; tourist establishment sanitation at hotels, campgrounds, and summer camps; swimming pool sanitation; marina sanitation; public beach monitoring; migrant labor camp sanitation; the inspection and permitting of weekend festivals (call for information about festival applications and standards), investigating environmental complaints; and conducting environmental assessments of lead hazards at the homes of children with elevated blood lead levels.