The Partnership4Health Environmental Services Section is responsible for addressing health and safety requirements for food and beverage, lodging, mobile home parks, campgrounds, swimming pools and youth camps within Clay County, Minnesota. Additional services include:

• Issuing licenses for regulated establishments
• Responding to complaints, nuisances and natural disasters
• Performing outbreak investigations for regulated establishments
• Sampling and analysis for delegated non-community public water supplies
• Enforcing county environmental regulations
• Developing initiatives for continued public health and safety

Complaints

If you wish to file a complaint against one of the licensed establishments, contact us by phone or in person.

Nuisance Inspections

Clay County Environmental Health is required by Minnesota Statue 145A to inspect and abate any public health nuisance. The inspections are done by the Environmental Health Office. The county also has a Nuisance Ordinance.

Please see the County Code page.

Note: the Nuisance Inspections Ordinance is under Title 5: Health and Safety, Chapter 2: Nuisance.

Did You Know?

Carbon Monoxide

Remember to install carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home. Check the alarm and change the batteries when you change your clocks in the fall and spring. Call 1-800-222-1222 when you have questions or concerns.

Radon

Radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas that seeps up from the soil. Long term exposure to radon can be harmful to your lungs. For more information please visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Radon in Minnesota Homes web site.

Short-term radon test kits are available at Clay County Public Health located in the Family Service Center in Moorhead.

Contaminants of Emerging Concern Program

"Through this program, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating and communicating the health and exposure potential of contaminants of emerging concern in drinking water. The program supports the Clean Water Fund mission to protect drinking water sources and the MDH mission to protect, maintain, and improve the health of all Minnesotans."

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