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Commission adopts charter resolution exempting County Public Health from routine school sanitary inspections
Summary
The County Commission adopted a charter resolution, under KSA 65-202a, allowing Lawrence Douglas County Public Health to be exempted from routine sanitary inspections in schools; staff said the change avoids duplicative inspections and preserves complaint response.
The County Commission adopted a charter resolution under KSA 65-202a to exempt Lawrence Douglas County Public Health from completing routine sanitary inspections in Douglas County schools.
Lawrence Douglas County Public Health staff told commissioners the resolution aims to avoid what they described as duplicative inspections and free limited environmental health staff to focus on higher-value inspections and complaint response. Health department officials said the exemption does not eliminate the department's obligation to respond to public health or environmental complaints from schools.
Jonathan Smith, director of Lawrence Douglas County Public Health, said the department uses the term…
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