The Kentucky Health Departments Association believes Environmental Health is an extremely important facet of our public health mission, which is to fulfill society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.

Environmental public health programs in the Commonwealth include food service inspections public facilities inspections, general sanitation and on-site sewage.

The proper disposal of on-site sewage is of great concern to the Kentucky Health Departments Association. It is essential that consistent application and enforcement of on-site regulations take place within the Cabinet for Health Services and in local health departments who act as their agent.

The Kentucky Health Departments Association strongly supports state funding to increase professional personnel in the Department for Public Health thereby improving the monitoring and technical support provided to local health departments.

The Kentucky Health Departments Association maintains the ultimate accountability for the Kentucky On-Site Sewage Regulations rest with the Department for Public Health and Cabinet for Health Services as provided in Kentucky Revised Statute, Chapter 211.

The Kentucky Health Departments Association firmly believes the most important outcome of proper on-site sewage permitting, construction, and follow-up is a healthier Kentucky. The Cabinet for Health Services and its agents must do whatever is necessary to achieve a healthy Kentucky.

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