The overall goal of environmental health services is to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and outbreaks, and limit or prevent injury due to negligence.

Environmental Health is a service mandated by W. Va. Code 16 under duties of the local boards of health. These duties require that a person, known as a Sanitarian, be designated by the Health Officer to ensure that businesses and organizations that provide services to the public do so according to public health laws. Sanitarians, or Health Inspectors, use these state laws to help assure citizen have access to safe food, water, shelter, recreation, and places to gather through permitting and inspecting business and by conducting complaint investigations.

If you are planning to operate one of these businesses please click on the links below for information about how to apply for a permit and a copy of the application. If you have any questions please feel free to call the office and ask to speak to a sanitarian.       

Food Sanitation: 

  1. New Establishment Information
  2. SF-35 Plan Review Application
  3. SF-5 Permit Application
  4. SF-5B Temporary Food Establishment Permit Application
  5. State Wide Mobile Food Establishment  

Land Development and Real-estate:

  1. Water Wells
    1. Water Well Owner’s Information
    2. SW-256 Water Well Drilling Permit Application
    3. SW-261 Application to Abandon a Water Well
    4. How to Disinfect a Private Water Well
    5. Doddridge County Health Department Water Well Testing Procedure
    6. SW-253 Water Testing Request Form
  2. Individual Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems
    1. Doddridge County Sewage System Site Evaluation Procedure
    2. Subdivision Approval Application
    3. SS-182 Application to Install Sewage System
    4. Licensed Septic Installers List
    5. SS-196 DEP Underground Injection Criteria Application
    6. SS-197 Change of Installer Form
  3. Home Loan Evaluations
    1. H-12 Guidelines for Home Loan Evaluations
    2. SG-55 Request for Home Loan Evaluations

Child Care

  1. WV Department of Human Services Division of Early Care and Education
  2. Child Care Business Information
  3. SG-99 Child Care Plan Review
  4. SG-49 Permit Application

General Sanitation Permit Application for:

  1. Camp Grounds/ RV Parks/ Organized Camps
  2. Hotel/ Motel
  3. Group Homes/ Adult Daycare Centers
  4. Parks and Playgrounds

Recreational Water

  1. New Facility Construction Permit Application
  2. Permit Application
  3. Certified Pool Operators Courses
  4. Life Guard Certifications
  5. Weekly Chemical Log Report
  6. Water Quality Standards and Closure Requirements

Body Art Studios

  1. Tattoo Studios
    1. Permit Application
    2. Info about Tattoo’s & MRI’s (Required disclosure by law)
  2. Piecing Studios
    1. Technician Registration with WV Department of Health, Public Health Sanitation
    2. Bloodborne Pathogen Training
    3. Studio Plan Review
    4. Permit Application
    5. Public Notice: Body Piercing Disclosure Statement
    6. Client Information and Notification Form 
  3. Disposing of Infectious Medical Waste

Manufactured Home Communities

  1. Permit Application
  2. Plan Review Specifications
  3. Plan Review Application for Construction and Renovation

Complaints

  1. General Sanitation
  2. Food Establishment Complaint or Foodborne Illness Complaints