The Gallatin City-County Health Department licenses and inspects retail food businesses, providing education, and assuring compliance with rules and regulations to ensure food safety.
We also license and inspect public swimming pools and spas, public accommodations such as tourist homes, hotels and motels, trailer courts and campgrounds, childcare facilities, and tattoo and body art establishments for possible health and safety hazards.
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Inspection Reports
Restaurant Inspections
Gallatin City-County Health Department, Environmental Health Services inspects, educates and assists the food service industry to make sure that products passed on to you are safe. Licensed establishments are inspected one or more times each year. Inspection frequency is determined by the complexity of the operation and the history of compliance with the food rules.
Public Accommodations Inspections
Hotels, motels, tourist homes, and bed and breakfast lodgings are licensed and regulated as public accommodation in the State of Montana. Gallatin City-County Health Department, Environmental Health Services conducts annual inspections of public accommodations in Gallatin County. Inspections are focused on health-related issues and determine compliance with Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Rules.
Pools and Spas Inspections
Gallatin City-County Health Department, Environmental Health Services inspects all pools, spas, and other water features in Gallatin County that are open to the public. Inspections are geared toward verifying that operators of these facilities accurately test the water for levels of disinfectant (chlorine/bromine) and other parameters needed to ensure prevention of recreational water illnesses. Inspectors also verify that proper safety equipment and signs are present to keep the public safe from injury or drowning.
Why do inspections matter?
Environmental Health Services performs inspections that assure the safety of the public and the prevention of conditions and practices that endanger public health. Inspections are focused on health-related issues where registered sanitarians determine compliance with the local Health Code and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Laws and Rules. Sanitarians also provide education during each inspection.
Our food safety inspections include observing kitchen workers’ food handling practices, assuring equipment is working properly, measuring food temperatures, inspecting refrigerators and storage areas, assuring safe water availability, verifying the correct concentration and use of sanitizers, and evaluating general cleanliness. Follow-up inspections are conducted as needed.
Inspection in other program areas such as pools and spas, public accommodations and body art establishment focus on minimizing risk of illness and other health related problems, and to reduce safety hazards resulting in accidents from an improperly maintained facility. For public swimming pool and spa inspections sanitarians focus on safety, including pool supervision, pool enclosures, lifeguard requirements and lifesaving equipment and its use. A sanitarian inspecting a public accommodation such as hotel will focus on the facility’s water supply, sewage disposal, plumbing, toilet facilities, garbage and refuse disposal, insect and rodent control, swimming pools, laundry rooms, and food service.
All inspections reports are public record. Our web-based system allows you to search by establishment type. If you cannot find the report or the establishment you are looking for, please contact us.