Health Officer Manual
Acknowledgement: The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services acknowledges the dedicated service of Louise Hannan, who served as our Health Officer Liaison for fourteen years. Her vision and tireless service made this updated version of the Health Officer Manual possible as well as many other resources supporting the important public health and environmental health role of local health officers.
- Health Officer Manual Outline

- Introduction to Health Officers Roles and Responsibilities

- Appointment & Practice of Health Officers

Communicable Diseases
- Communicable Diseases and Health Officer Role

- E. Coli

- Eastern Equine Encephalitis

- Fight the Bite Poster

- Mosquito Prevention Checklist

- Mosquito and Tick Poster

- Head Lice (Pediculosis Capitis)

- HIV-STD

- Lyme Disease

- Tick Fact Sheet

- Ticks Hand Out for Public

- MRSA Skin Infection

- Rabies

- Salmonellosis

- Swimmer's Itch

- Tuberculosis

- West Nile Virus

Environmental Hazards
- Air Quality Indoor

- Air Quality Outdoor

- Asbestos

- Food Safety

- Housing Standards

- Indoor Smoking Act (ISA)

- Lead

- Mold

- Radon

- Water

- Beach Water

- Sign to Close Swimming

Inspections and Enforcement
- Child Care Licensing

- Sample Swimming Pool Consent Form

- Sample Wading Pool Consent Form

- Wading Pool Risks at Child Care Fact Sheet

- Foster Home Inspection

- Health Facilities

- Housing Standards

- Sample Board of Health Notice to Vacate

- Sample Housing Complaint Investigation Form

- Public Pools

- Sample Pool Rules

- Sample Spa Rules

- School Health Inspections

- School Inspection Form

- Septic Systems

- Sample Letter of Deficiency for Septic System

- Sample Order for Septic System

- Septic Systems in Failure

Emergency Response
Other
- Bedbugs

- Bedbugs DPHS Fact Sheet

- Bedbugs Landlord Outreach

- Bedbugs Tenant Outreach

- Bedbugs – Treating a Dwelling for

- Cancer Clusters

- Cemeteries, Burials and Disinterment

- Noise

- Rodent Fact Sheet and Guidelines

- Sanitizer and Disinfectant – How To Properly Use

- Urine Cleaning

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