Island Health
The Medical Health Officer (MHO) for the Vancouver Island Health
Authority oversees a wide variety of initiatives designed to promote and
protect public health. Public health is the organized effort of society to
protect and improve the population's health and well being through health
promotion; reducing inequalities in health status; prevention of disease,
injury, disability, and premature death; and protection from environmental
and other hazards to health.
- This website has information relating to:
- Food Facility Inspections
- Drinking Water System Inspections
- Current Drinking Water Notices
- Water Samples
- Recreational Water Facility Inspections
- Community Care Facility Inspections and Complaints
- Community Care Facility Incident Reporting
- Operating in Contravention of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act
- Outbreak
For more information about the Medical Health Officer and the public
health portfolio, please visit the
Medical Health Officer
website or contact your local
Environmental Health Officers.