Thursday, May 17, 2012

Services Provided

  • Inspections

General Services Inspections

Public Health protects the general health and safety of residents by monitoring and controlling environmental risks from our food, water and land through programs of inspection and educational outreach to many local businesses. Just as important in those efforts is providing information to the consumer to help them make healthy and safe choices. Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County wants to make that a bit easier for you. The internet offers an opportunity to share that information, which may assist you in being a well-informed consumer.

You can view online inspection results for over 3,000 Montgomery County businesses licensed and/or inspected by Public Health (excluding the City of Oakwood), including restaurants, markets, public pools and spas, manufactured home parks, campgrounds and solid waste facilities.

Online inspection reports are only available for a period of two (2) years. As additional inspections are conducted throughout the year, their reports will become available online. Online inspection reports not only help sanitarians complete their work more efficiently, they can also give residents an inside look at what a public health sanitarian sees during an inspection. It is important to understand, however, that inspection information provided here shows only the conditions of the facility at the time of the inspection. A single inspection report should not be used to evaluate an establishment. Looking at a facility’s inspection results over a period of time gives a more accurate picture of that facility’s commitment to compliance.

Sanitarians conduct inspections for compliance with state law and rule, or local Board of Health Regulation. Public Health staff has always practiced education, with necessary enforcement. In addition to required inspections, Public Health staff may offer training programs to business operators to help management and employees understand their compliance obligations.

Depending on the type of facility, inspections occur unannounced. Frequency of inspection varies by program requirements, but ranges from weekly to annually. Sanitarians may also choose to conduct additional inspections throughout the course of the year if they feel the facility needs extra guidance or monitoring.

Inspections in some programs areas have not yet been added to the online system, although plans are to make most available online as the program-specific capability is developed.


We ask that you keep in mind that any inspection report is a “snapshot” of the day and time of the inspection. On any other day, an establishment could have fewer or more violations than noted on the day of the report. An inspection report may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions within an establishment. It is also important to note that a violation at an operation which is part of a restaurant chain indicates a problem only at that particular location. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full service food operation can routinely be violation free.

Public Health in the Community

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)

NIW April 21st-28th is National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW).

The goal of the Immunization Program is to increase awareness about immunizations across the life span, from infants to the elderly. NIIW is the perfect time to remind family, friends, co-workers, and those in the community to immunize their children, as well as catch up on their own vaccinations.

Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County holds outreach clinics for children each month.

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