Standard 6.3
Conduct and monitor public health enforcement activities and coordinate notification of violations among appropriate agencies.
Health departments have a role in ensuring that public health
laws are enforced. In some cases, the health department has the enforcement
authority. In other cases, the health department works with those who have the
legal authority to enforce the laws. When other state agencies, local
departments, or levels of government have enforcement authority, the role of the
health department is to collaborate, assist, and share information. In either
case, the health department needs to know about enforcement activities and
violations in their jurisdiction, since violations and enforcement can impact
the public’s health. The department should be coordinating and sharing
information with agencies that have public health related enforcement authority.
The health department is responsible for follow-up communication and education
on public health impacts and protection.
As with all of the standards
and measures, accountability for meeting the measures rests with the health
department being reviewed for accreditation. Documentation that provides
evidence of meeting the measure must be provided, even if the documentation is
produced by a partner organization, another governmental agency, or another
level of government, and not by the health department seeking accreditation. The
health department must partner with enforcement agencies to ensure that the laws
and their enforcement protect and promote the public’s health.
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This Standard does not yet have any examples submitted. If your state health
agency has identified high-quality documentation that conforms to these
Measures, please consider submitting for inclusion in the Accreditation
Library.
To submit example documentation, please download and complete
the Submission
Form, and forward, along with the documentation to accreditation@astho.org.
ASTHO staff will review submissions on a rolling basis and contact you if your
document is selected for posting.
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