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HOUSING AND RELATED NUISANCES <br />The Nuisance Abatement Program involves close collaboration with community officials to evaluate and <br />correct common public health nuisance conditions such as unsanitary living conditions, insect infestations and <br />accumulations of garbage, debris, and animal wastes. Investigations aze conducted to determine whether a <br />public health nuisance does in fact exist. Abatement of nuisances is pursued to properly correct any such <br />conditions. In some cases, the complaint may need to be referred to the community's building or housing <br />department or to another agency with direct authority over the specific nuisance condition, property <br />maintenance issue, or social service matter. <br />CORRECTION FACILITIES/INSTITUTIONS <br />Registered Sanitarians provide inspections of jails and other public institutions upon request from <br />municipalities. <br />TATTOOBODY PIERCING FACILITIES <br />CCBH conducts this program in an effort to help protect the public while they visit these types of facilities and <br />choose to receive some form of body art or piercing. The program incorporates the laws and rules established <br />under Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code, which require that all operations that provide tattoo <br />and/or body piercing services to be inspected and approved by local Boards of Health. Tattooing and body <br />piercing procedures present the potential for localized bacterial infection and exposure to blood-borne <br />pathogens. To minimize the risk for the transmission of infectious diseases, the program requires specific <br />procedural, record-keeping, safety, and sanitation standards are in place at these businesses. <br />PLUMBING <br />CCBH's Plumbing Program oversees plumbing work conducted in communities that currently choose not to <br />exercise enforcement authority for plumbing. This program oversees plumbing work in both residential and <br />commercial buildings in Chagrin Falls Township and Olmsted Township, and only in commercial buildings <br />located in Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley, Linndale, Moreland Hills and Valley View. <br />CCBH has implemented a Plumbing Regulation which establishes a uniform set of regulations for the <br />registration of plumbing contractors, licensing, permitting, bonding, fees and inspection of plumbing work. <br />Under this regulation, the Board of Health has also adopted sections of Ohio Administrative Code commonly <br />referred to as the "Ohio Plumbing Code". <br />ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES <br />These activities support the Board of Health infrastructure to assure that high quality public health services aze <br />delivered throughout Cuyahoga County. Examples of these activities include grants, contracts and other related <br />fiscal support, legal services, human resources, strategic planning and performance goal development and <br />monitoring and customer services. <br />Revised 10/2013 <br />6