The Board of Health administers and co-ordinates public Health Programs and services, enforces state and local public health regulations and sanitary codes including local regulations promulgated by the Wareham Board of Health .
Our responsibilities include subsurface sewage disposal plan review, installation and construction inspections, food establishment inspections and complaints, Chapter II housing inspections and complaints, motel and swimming pool inspections, beach water quality testing at all public and semi public beaches. We issue all construction works permits, food handlers cards and license massage therapists, body art establishments and body artists.
The Board of Health supervises the visiting nurses which conduct Health Clinics, Immunization Programs, Communicable Disease reporting and follow up, Blood Pressure Screenings, and works together with the Council on Aging providing services to the citizens of Wareham.
The Board of Health also administers the Septic Loan program where financial help is available for homeowners needing to repair a failed septic system.
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