DIVISION OF HEALTH

An agency within the Department of Human Resources, State of Nevada, whose primary water-related mandate (Nevada Revised Statutes 445.361) is "to provide water which is safe for drinking and other domestic purposes and thereby promote the public health and welfare." The Division serves as the primacy agency for the Public Water System Supervision Program (PWSSP) as authorized under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (Public Law 93-523) and its amendments. The Division implements State Board of Health regulations which address drinking water monitoring and quality, public water system construction, and public water system operator certification. To accomplish its tasks, the Division consists of a number of Boards and Bureaus, to include: (1) State Board of Health: Advises the Health Division Administrator on matters relating to public health and welfare. (2) State Health Officer: Primary state adviser on matters pertaining to medical health; oversees the activities of the Bureau of Laboratory Services, Bureau of Community Health Services, Bureau of Family Health Services, Bureau of Disease Control and Intervention Services, and the Bureau of Health Planning. (3) Bureau of Health Protection Services: Provides for safe drinking water, health engineering, sanitation (food, dairy, drugs and cosmetics), and radiological health matters. (4) Bureau of Laboratory Services: Microbiology lab, chemistry lab, research and testing on community water systems. (5) Bureau of Community Health Services: Family planning, community health nursing, and clinic services. (6) Bureau of Family Health Services: Genetics, special children's clinic, children's dental services, newborn screening, and health promotion and education. (7) Bureau of Health Planning: State health plan, primary care development center, state center for health statistics, tobacco control initiative. (8) Bureau of Disease Control and Intervention Services: Programs dealing with surveillance, immunization, TB control. (9) Bureau of Licensure and Certification: Programs dealing with health facilities, laboratory personnel certification, emergency medical services and trauma. (10) Bureau of Administrative Services: Fiscal management, personnel, affirmative action, legal services, vital records, and cancer registry.