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time water quality data is being obtained through an innovative technology known as the NOWCAST system for predicting beach advisories at Huntington Beach in Bay Village. A significant emphasis is placed upon education and outreach to help provide the public with accurate bathing beach water quality data. In addition to monitoring for bacteriological contamination, CCBH staff monitors the nearshore waters for the presence of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). If a bloom is suspected and/or observed, sampling is conducted and appropriate measures are taken to notify the public of the potential health effects associated with exposure to HABs. HOUSING AND RELATED NUISANCES The Nuisance Abatement Program involves close collaboration with community officials to evaluate and correct common public health nuisance conditions such as unsanitary living conditions, insect infestations and accumulations of garbage, debris, and animal wastes. Investigations are conducted to determine whether a public health nuisance does in fact exist. Abatement of nuisances is pursued to properly correct any such conditions. In some cases, the complaint may need to be referred to the community's building or housing department or to another agency with direct authority over the specific nuisance condition, property maintenance issue, or social service matter. CORRECTION FACILITIES/INSTITUTIONS Registered Sanitarians provide inspections of jails and other public institutions upon request from municipalities. BODY ART (TATTOO/BODY PIERCING FACILITIES) CCBH conducts this program in an effort to help protect the public while they visit these types of facilities and choose to receive some form of body art or piercing. The program incorporates the laws and rules established under Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code, which require that all operations that provide tattoo and/or body piercing services to be inspected and approved by local Boards of Health. Tattooing and body piercing procedures present the potential for localized bacterial infection and exposure to blood-borne pathogens. To minimize the risk for the transmission of infectious diseases, the program requires specific procedural, record-keeping, safety, and sanitation standards are in place at these businesses. PLUMBING CCBH's Plumbing Program oversees plumbing work conducted in communities that currently choose not to exercise enforcement authority for plumbing. This program oversees plumbing work in both residential and commercial buildings in Chagrin Falls Township and Olmsted Township, and only in commercial buildings located in Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley, Linndale, Moreland Hills and Valley View. CCBH has implemented a Plumbing Regulation which establishes a uniform set of regulations for the registration of plumbing contractors, licensing, permitting, bonding, fees and inspection of plumbing work. Under this regulation, the Board of Health has also adopted sections of Ohio Administrative Code commonly referred to as the "Ohio Plumbing Code". ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES These activities support the Board of Health infrastructure to assure that high quality public health services are delivered throughout Cuyahoga County. Examples of these activities include grants, contracts and other related fiscal support, legal services, human resources, strategic planning and performance goal development and monitoring and customer services. Revised 9/2016 7