Consumer Protection
To ensure safe practices for consumers, environmental health practitioners regulate day care centers, lodging facilities, fitness and body art studios, tanning centers, and aquatic facilities; review and investigate consumer complaints; and institute corrective actions for recognized public hazards in the marketplace.
Please click on the links below to learn more about the services provided through the Consumer Protection Program. If you need additional information or have specific questions/concerns, please call us at 636-949-1800.
Lodging
The lodging protection program inspects the sanitation of lodging facilities in our community.
Child Care
The daycare and pre-school monitoring program inspects the sanitation of child care facilities throughout St. Charles County.
Body Art
The body art program licenses and routinely inspects all body art facilities operating within unincorporated St. Charles County.
Pools, Spas & Other Public Aquatics Facilities
The aquatic facilities program is responsible for approving and regulating public and semi-public pools, wading pools or special use pools and spas.
Fitness Centers
The fitness center safety program monitors the cleanliness of health facilities throughout St. Charles County, monitoring the sanitation of equipment, locker rooms and shower facilities to verify safe and sanitary operations.
Tanning Centers
The tanning facility safety program inspects public tanning facilities to verify their safe and sanitary operation.
Disaster Preparedness & Response
The division teams with department staff to ensure public health and well-being during times of emergency by monitoring food outbreaks, assisting with clean-up and recovery efforts and monitoring the safety of natural resources in our community.