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8 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Board of Health Policv and Procedure Manual <br />Section I: Board Adopted Policies <br />Policy D: Requests for Environmental Services and Assessments <br />Reviewed By: Board of Health & Health Director <br />Approved By: Board of Health <br />• comparing septic system failure rates in mobile home parks <br />with those of neighborhoods with stick built construction; <br />• examining the existing data for septic system repairs to <br />identify common characteristics of failed systems; <br />• studying the effect of water softener systems on septic system <br />failures; <br />• exploring the relationship between well water quality and the <br />age of the well, length of casing, landscape position, etc. <br />• gathering baseline water quality data and tracking water <br />quality over time in a defined geographical study area near a <br />suspected environmental hazard (such as a biosolid <br />application site) <br />Section IV Funding <br />1.0 Individual Requests: The cost recovery for individual testing and assessments <br />will come from fees for service administered according to the Environmental <br />Health Division's Fee and Application Policy and from the fee schedule <br />approved by the Board of Health and the Boazd of County Commissioners. In <br />the case of an individual disease investigation that is a direct follow-up to an <br />outbreak, the individual charge is waived. <br />2.0 Communit~ys: The direct operational costs for materials needed for <br />community related surveys, assessments and other studies will be paid for by <br />Orange County if: <br />a. surveillance data or other confirmed and documented medical or <br />scientific reports indicate a potentially environmentally caused or <br />transmitted disease prevalence at abnormal levels in that community, or <br />b. at least three of the five items in Section III. 1.2a are met. <br />3.0 Studies requested by other governmental agencies will be evaluated by the <br />Health Director and County Manager as appropriate. <br />Section V Community Study Funding Approvals <br />1.0 When estimated operational costs are less than or equal to $250, the Orange <br />County Health Director will approve or deny the study and the study will be <br />funded through the Environmental Health Services budget. <br />1.1 When estimated operational costs are greater than $250 but less than or equal to <br />$2,500, the Orange County Health Director will approve or deny the study <br />based on current availability of budgetary and staff resources and present it to <br />the Orange County Board of Health for final decision. The Health Director will <br />determine the specific funding source for an approved study. <br />Current Review/Revision Date: October 24, 2007 Page 3 of 4 <br />Original Effective Date: August 24, 2006 Last Revision Date: August 24, 2006 <br />