What are health inspection reports?
The District’s food inspection report online database contains a searchable range of inspections conducted by the Environmental Health Department from August 2021 through current. The selected inspection will appear in the form of a HTML document under a particular facility and by PDF. The PDF files are inspection checklists issued to the establishment for posting visible to the public. The HTML report inspections are divided into two categories: The observations & corrective actions, and the Additional Comments. The HTML format is intended to provide the reader with a clearly visible understanding of the inspection conducted.
What is the purpose of an online database?
Beginning in August of 2021, the Environmental Health Department began entering inspections from the cloud-based database system called HS Gov Tech. The inspections conducted by the Environmental Health Department are public documents that are required to be posted visibly to the public. The online inspections database is being made available to help the public access these public records for easy viewing online. Inspections are made available online immediately after completion of the report. Complainant information is not available for public view by law.
What information is included in an inspection report?
The health inspection checklist form is often the form posted in a visible location at the Child Care Facility and a link to the original checklist is a clickable link in each Childcare Inspection online.
The Child Care Inspection Report contains the following information:
- Inspection Type: This is the reason for the site visit
- Date of the Site visit
- Facility Permit Number
- Facility Name, address, and owner of the business
- State of TX Licensing Representative that the facility reports to
- Details about the facility: Maximum number of children the Facility is licensed to keep, number of children present during the time of the inspection, and age range the facility is licensed to keep.
The HTML Inspection and the Child Care Facility checklist will identify the basic information about the childcare facility and the violation observations & corrective actions for any item found out of compliance.
What types of inspections do health inspectors conduct?
Routine: An unannounced periodic inspection conducted as a part of an ongoing regulatory scheme based on the establishment’s risk category.
Follow-up Inspection: This is an inspection for the specific purpose of re-inspecting items that were not in compliance at the time of the routine inspection. These may occur either 5 days or 1- day after the initial findings.
Complaint: This is an inspection conducted as a result of a complaint received by the health department. The specifics of the complaint will be evaluated and discussed with the person in charge.
Other: Other inspections would include Inspections such as the following:
If the inspection indicates it is closed or the permit suspended would it be deemed unsafe?
Inspections FAQ's
Building & Equipment
Ventilation, Lighting, and Heating
Toilet Facilities
Water Supply, Waste Water Disposal, Trash Disposal, (Utilities)
Pest Control
Safe Food Handling
Other Environmental Safety & Sanitation Measures As Applicable
An inspection report issued by Environmental Health is a document that indicates findings observed during an unannounced routine site visit. Any violation marked on the report would indicate a deficiency of minimum standards or District Order.
What is a standard weight? NET Health’s inspection report is not scored. It is a pass-or-fail inspection. If there is no indication on the inspection report that the establishment is closed or the permit suspended, then it is deemed environmentally safe during the time the inspection was conducted. NET Health’s reports are viewed by the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. Their inspection report is independent of NET Health’s environmental assessment and can be requested from TX DFPS.
The Compliance Status describes the observations made during the inspection for each of the 48 different violation items.
OUT – If an item observed violates the Child Care Rules it is a risk to the health and safety of the children. The inspector will try to observe all items during the time of inspection. Each item is marked as observed at the time of the site visit. Observations are marked with a checkmark on the checklist and a description of items out of compliance is written out on the inspection report.
IN – When an item is marked IN it has been observed by the inspector during the inspection as in compliance with Child Care requirements.
NO – An item marked NO means that the establishment performs this activity, but this activity or this item was not observed during the time of the inspection.
NA – Items marked NA mean that this activity is not performed at this childcare and it is not applicable.
COS – This means that a violation was observed during the inspection but the food establishment was able to fix the problem, therefore the violation was Corrected On Site.
R – When an item is found in violation during an inspection and the inspector marks the item as
OUT of compliance, the inspector will also place a checkmark in the box to the right of the violation item if this type of violation was also marked on recent prior inspections. This R indicates a Repeat Violation.
Child Care Facility with 12 or more
Child Care Facility with 7-12 Children
Non-Profit Child Care Facilities
Residential Care Facility
Day Socialization Facility
NET Health conducts unannounced inspections at licensed operations at least once per year. Inspections might be more frequent, based on an operation's ability to comply with minimum standards, rule, and law.
The Environmental Health Department of NET Health closes childcare establishments under the following conditions:
Suspension of operating license for imminent health hazard: The business license is suspended and a directive is given to cease using unsafe portions of the facility or the entire facility to ensure the health and safety of the facility. The suspension remains in effect until the violation (s) are corrected. Grounds for closure due to imminent public health risks may include but are not limited to:
- No hot water
- Sewage backups or overflows
- No utilities
- Fire
- Vermin infestation
- Contaminated food
- Communicable illness outbreak
- Flood
Non-compliance: A childcare establishment can be closed for not addressing and correcting problems identified in a previous inspection. The problems may have originally generated a notice and a date agreed upon in the compliance plan by the local regulatory authority. Failure to correct these items could result in a summary suspension or closure.
Contact
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Contact Phone: (903) 535-0037
Contact Fax: (903) 592-0413
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Service Location:
GIS Address: 815 North Broadway Avenue
City: Tyler
State: TX
Zip: 75702
