Environmental Health - Atlantic County Government

The Environmental Health Unit is responsible for investigating and monitoring environmental health concerns in all Atlantic County municipalities except for Atlantic City (Atlantic City Health Department can be reached at 609-347-5671). Inspections and investigations performed by the Unit address the protection and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to sustained human health and environmental quality. This is accomplished through assessing, correcting, controlling and preventing those factors in the environment that can potentially adversely affect the health of the residents of Atlantic County.

SMOKE FREE AIR ACT INITIATIVE

Effective April 15, 2006, indoor public places and workplaces across the State will be smoke free. New Jersey's Smoke-Free Air Act ensures workers have a safe workplace and that all non-smokers, including children and senior citizens, can breathe smoke-free air in the public places they visit.

The law affects the following types of indoor public places and workplaces:

Any enclosed location at which a person performs any service or labor;
Restaurants and Bars;
Public Transportation Systems;
Child Care Centers;
Health Care Facilities, patient waiting rooms and nursing homes;
Sports Facilities including race tracks and bowling alleys;
Theatres, clubs, concert halls, public libraries, museums, art galleries;
Shopping Malls and retail stores;
Parking facilities; lobbies, elevators;
Lodging – Hotels, motels, etc. (smoking is allowed in up to 20% of guest rooms);
Bingo facilities.

The Atlantic County Division of Public Health is ready to assist the public and business owners alike in providing information, education and enforcement of the new law. A printed version of the new law, brochures, signs and other information about the Smoke-Free Air Act is available at www.smokefree.nj.gov.

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS

The Environmental Health Unit provides services and programs in the following areas (click on any item for more information):

	Atlantic County Government DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Division of Public Health