Local Public Health Workforce Development Mini-Collaborative C LARK AND D UBOIS C OUNTIES Essential Service 6 Are we enforcing laws and regulations to protect the public’s health?

P UBLIC H EALTH  Healthcare that deals with the health status and outcome of entire communities or populations.  The practice of applying scientific knowledge to health promotion and disease prevention at the population level.  “What we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which all people can be healthy.” (IOM, 1988).

T EN M OST S IGNIFICANT P UBLIC H EALTH A CHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20 TH C ENTURY  Vaccinations  Fluoridation of drinking water  Control of infectious diseases  Safer workplaces  Recognition of tobacco as a health hazard  Safer and healthier foods  Motor-Vehicle safety  Family planning  Decline in deaths from heart disease/stroke  Healthier moms and babies

T HE T EN E SSENTIAL S ERVICES OF P UBLIC H EALTH Essential Service 6

Enforce Laws and Regulations That Protect Health and Ensure Safety Essential Service 6 Are we evaluating and enforcing laws and regulations to protect our community?

W HAT DOES E SSENTIAL S ERVICE 6 I NCLUDE ? Focus on laws, regulations, and ordinances  Review  Evaluation  Improvement  Enforcement

E SSENTIAL S ERVICE 6 A DDRESSING E NVIRONMENTAL Q UALITY AND H EALTH -R ELATED B EHAVIOR  Quality of our drinking water  Food safety  Childhood immunizations  Quarantine and Isolation  Sanitation  Seat belts/child safety seats  Assuring workplace safety  Prohibiting alcohol/tobacco to minors

E SSENTIAL S ERVICE 6 M ODEL S TANDARDS

M ODEL S TANDARD 6.1  Review and Evaluate Laws, Regulations, and Ordinances  Identify public health issues that can only be addressed through laws, regulations, or ordinances.  Have access to current federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances that protect the public’s health.  Review public health laws, regulations, and ordinances at least once every 5 years.  Have access to legal counsel for assistance in the review of laws, regulations, and ordinances.

M ODEL S TANDARD 6.2  Participate actively in the Improvement of Laws, Regulations, and Ordinances  Identify local public health issues that are not adequately addressed through existing laws, regulations, and ordinances.  Participate in the modification of existing laws, regulations, and/or the formulation of new laws, regulations, and ordinances designed to assure and improve the public’s health  Provide technical assistance and public health expertise for drafting proposed legislation, regulations, and ordinances.

Enforce Laws, Regulations, and Ordinances  Identify organizations in our LPHS with authority to enforce public health laws, regulations, and ordinances.  Assure that all enforcement activities are conducted in a timely manner in accordance with laws, regulations, and ordinances.  Inform and educate individuals/organizations of the meaning and purpose of public health laws, regulations, and ordinances with which they are required to comply.  Evaluate compliance of regulated organizations and entities. M ODEL S TANDARD 6.3

W HAT ARE EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH LAWS, REGULATIONS, OR ORDINANCES IN D UBOIS C OUNTY ? Discussion

W HAT AUTHORITY DOES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE IN ENFORCING LAWS, REGULATION OR ORDINANCES ?

Discussion W HAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN D UBOIS C OUNTY HAVE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS, REGULATIONS, OR ORDINANCES ?

D OES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REVIEW PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES ONCE EVERY 5 YEARS ? Discussion

D OES THE HEALTH DEPT HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL TO ASSIST IN REVIEW OF LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES ?

Discussion H OW DO WE ASSURE THAT HEALTH DEPT ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN A TIMELY MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES ?

Discussion H OW DO WE INFORM / EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES ?