Programs

Environmental Health

  • Investigation of all environmental health complaints.
  • Monitoring and enforcement of all applicable federal, state, and local environmental health laws and regulations, as they apply to: 
    • Air, noise, and stream pollution control
    • Bathing places
    • Beauty parlors
    • Body art establishments
    • Food and beverage vending machines
    • food establishments
    • Hotels
    • Insect and rodent infestations
    • Kennels
    • Multiple dwellings
    • Nail salons
    • Pet shops
    • Potable water
    • Youth camps
  • Rabies control and animal bite investigation

Health Education

The provision of a variety of planned education programs by a professional health educator to any interested resident, civic, service or professional group.

Public Health Nursing

  • Annual Blood Chemistry/PSA/Thyroid Screening, A1C, VD and Flu Immunizations.
  • Flu immunizations 
  • Immunization audits for school 
  • Communicable disease investigation 
  • Mantoux testing
  • Perinatal Hep. B counseling
  • Provision of free adult health assessment and counseling adults for high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic health conditions.
  • Provision of lead poisoning control services including screening of Paramus children one year through six years of age.
  • Skin Cancer Screening

Vital Statistics

The Paramus Board of Health maintains records of births, marriages, civil unions and deaths that have occurred in Paramus and issues marriage and civil union licenses.