Lesson 1.1

Question 1

What is the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene?

Answer 1

Regulate all matters affecting the health in the city and perform all operations related to the health of the city’s population.

Health, City Population

Question 2

What are the primary responsibilities of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene?

Answer 2

The primary responsibilities of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene include regulating all health-related matters in the city and performing functions and operations to maintain and improve the health of the city’s residents.

Regulate Health, Improve the Health of City

Question 3

What does the Division of Environmental Health oversee?

Answer 3

The Division of Environmental Health oversees public health and works to eliminate the incidence of injury and illness caused by environmental factors.

Public Health, Eliminate Injury and Illness Caused by Environmental Fact

Question 4

How is the Health Code implemented to ensure the health of the population?

Answer 4

The Health Code is implemented through regulations that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene uses to oversee and manage public health, such as through inspections and compliance checks by Public Health Sanitarians.

Question 5

What is the purpose of the Health Code?

Answer 5

To help the DoHMH protect the health of the city’s population.

The “Rule Book” that the DoHMH Uses

Question 6

What is Article 81 of the Health Code concerned with?

Answer 6

Operations of food establishments to prevent public health hazards.

Food Establishments

Question 7

What is the role of the Bureau of Food Safety and Community Sanitation within the Division of Environmental Health?

Answer 7

Conduct inspections of food service and food processing establishments.

Question 8

Who conducts the inspections of food service and food processing establishments in New York City?

Answer 8

Public Health Sanitarians.

Question 9

Why are Public Health Sanitarians important in the context of the Bureau of Food Safety and Community Sanitation?

Answer 9

Conduct inspections that ensure food service comply with health regulations, thereby preventing publich health hazards.