Anne Arundel County Department of Health

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The Department of Health is the sole government agency at any level responsible for improving the health of Anne Arundel County. By state and county authority, the Health Department is charged with enforcement of certain federal, state and county laws and regulations.

In addition to regulatory and enforcement work, the Department of Health directly provides mandated, delegated and locally-initiated public health services. The Anne Arundel County Council, which also constitutes the County Board of Health, the County Medical Society's Advisory Committee, and several advisory councils, all help the Health Department establish its direction.

However, portraying the Department of Health in terms of just its legal authority paints an incomplete picture. Such a portrait fails to acknowledge the compassion and commitment that nearly 800 Department of Health employees - physicians, nurses, social workers, sanitarians, counselors, therapists and other allied health and support personnel - bring to their work. Nor does it attest to their concern for continually improving the quality of the Health Department's services.

The impact of their combined effort is extensive. More than one out of every three county residents is directly served by a Health Department program each year. More than 184,000 residents receive direct personal health or screening services through Department programs. Another 41,000 residents and businesses receive permits, inspections and other environmental services.

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