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Body Art

  • Body Art Disclosure Statement
  • MDPH Body Art Memo 1/23/2001
  • Body Art Regulation: Public Health Considerations and Practical Application Paul Shoemaker, MPH, MBA
  • Body Art Regulation: MHOA Model
  • DPH Model Body Art Inspection Report
  • DPH Model Body Art Regulations
  • Model Body Art Application
  • New Bedford Model Body Art Application
  • New Bedford Model Body Art Regulations
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Food Saftey

  • 7 Food Safety Steps for Successful Community Meals: State Food Safety
  • 7 Steps of HACCP: State Food Safety
  • AFDO Food Emergency Regulator Pocket Guide 3rd Edition: AFDO 2018
  • Acidified Rice HACCP Plans Evaluation Tool
  • Backflow Device Guidance: FDA
  • Before You Go To Work Poster: ServSafe 2019
  • Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens: FSIS & USDA 6/23
  • Cook Temperature Guide Quick Reference
  • Cooking For Groups A Volunteers Guide to Food Safety: USDA
  • Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products: FSIS & USDA 12/21
  • Cooking Temps: State Food Safety
  • Cooking Temperatures Info-Graphic: State Food Safety
  • Control Time & Temperature - Teaching Tips : UMASS Extension
  • Comprehensive Resource for Food Recovery Programs: Conference for Food Protection 2016
  • Cooling In Two Stages: State Food Safety
  • Cottage Foods Regulatory Guidance For Best Practices: AFDO 4/12
  • Cross Connections 50 Questions, Answers & Illustrations: Watts
  • Cross-Connection Control Manual: EPA
  • Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Preventive Controls
  • Dented Cans Evaluation Guide
  • Dishwasher Sanitation Guidance: MA Partnership for Food Safety
  • Dogs In Shopping Carts: Codes & Regulations That May Be Effective Enforcement Options
  • Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook: FDA 2020
  • Employees Must Wash Hands Poster: State Food Safety
  • Farms and Agricultural Businesses on Cottage Food and Other Food Sales Guidance
  • FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Workshop: FDA 4/2/24
  • Food Allergen Awareness FAQs: MDPH 2024
  • Food Allergen Awareness Guidance: MDPH 2024
  • Food Allergen Awareness Poste: MDPH 2024
  • Food Code Crosswalk Sheet: MDPH July 2024
  • Food Hazards Chart: State Food Safety
  • Foodborne Illness Complaint Worksheet: MDPH 3/14
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Guidelines: CIFOR Third Edition 2020 Thirc Addition
  • Food Labeling Guide: FDA 2013
  • Good Manufacturing Practice & Preventive Controls FDA & US HSS 3/22
  • Good Retail Practices to Minimize Contamination and Growth of Listeria Monocytogenes Within Food Establishments: Conference for Food Protection 2016
  • Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Standards: FDA & US HSS 9/17
  • HACCP Food Safety System Training Notes: FDA
  • HACCP Guide: AFDO
  • HACCP Hazards & Controls Guide For Dairy Foods: FDA 6/16/06
  • HACCP Plans Content Summary: LPHI
  • HACCP Plans for Specialized Processes at Retail: AFDO 11/28/23
  • HACCP Plan Validation and Verification in Retail Food Establishments: MEHA REGULATOR’S GUIDE 6/23/22
  • HACCP Single Hazard Special Process Template Guidance Document: Conference for Food Protection 4/18
  • Handwashing Fact Sheet Info-Graphic: MDPH 2003
  • Hepatitis A Information Guide for Food Retail: FMI Food Protection Committee
  • Honey and Honey Products Proper Labeling of Guide: FDA & US HSS 2/18
  • How Food Establishments Can Donate Food: Conference for Food Protection 2021
  • How To Sanitize by Hand With Chemical Sanitizers- Teaching Tips: UMass Extention
  • How To Transport Donated Food: Conference for Food Protection
  • Hygiene Poster For Volunteers: State Food Safety
  • Incubator Kitchens Guidelines: AFDO 9/17
  • Instructions for Marking the Food Establishment Inspection Report: FDA 2018
  • Juice HACCP and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Guidance : HSS 12/21
  • Keep Em' Separated: State Food Safety
  • Keep Food Safe This Spring Cleaning: MA Partnership for Food Safety Education 2024
  • Legal Fact Sheet for Massachusetts Food Donation: Liability Protections: Harvard 7/15
  • List of Food Safety Trainers & Exams: MDPH 5/28/24
  • Listeria Monocytogenes Guidance To Controlling Growth In Retail Delicatessens
  • Low-Acid Foods Packaged in Hermetically Sealed Containers (LACF) Regulation: FDA 12/21
  • Manually Washing Dishes, Utensils, and Equipment, and Using Chemical Sanitizers: MHOA
  • Meat Grinding Evaluation of Intended Use Hazards In Retail: Conference for Food Protection 12/22
  • Milk Shipments Interstate Cooperative State, Public Guide & Federal Guide: FDA 2019
  • Minimum Labeling Requirements Brochure: MDPH 6/30/15
  • Mobile Food Establishments Recommended Guidance: Conference for Food Protection 2014
  • National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish: FDA 2019
  • Norovirus Facts for Food Workers: CDC 2023
  • Norovirus Illness Key Facts: CDC
  • Outdoor Cooking Operations at Permanent Food Establishments Recommended Guidance: Conference for Food Protection 2014
  • Outdoor Cooking Operations Plan Review Checklist: Conference for Food Protection 2014
  • Ozone In Shellfish Plants Policy: FDA 2008
  • Pasteurized Milk Grade “A” Ordinance: HSS 2019
  • Pests - How to Clean Pest Trap Area: CDC
  • Pests - How To Clean Up Mouse & Urine Droppings: CDC
  • Plan Review Manual: Conference of Food Protection 2016
  • Procedure For Vomit & Diarrhea Clean Up: MHOA 2018
  • Product Flow Diagram Sample: FDA
  • Quick Retail Food Reference Guide: MDPH
  • Raw Ground Beef Production at Various Types of Retail Food Establishments Guidance: Conference for Food Protection
  • Raw Milk Know the Raw Facts: CDC
  • Ready-to-Eat Fermented, Salt-Cured, and Dried Products Guideline: FSIS & USDA May 5, 2023
  • Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) Done Without A Variance: FDA & MDPH 3-502.12
  • Reduced Oxygen Packaging Training Module: 8/24/17
  • Refrigerator Storage Chart: State Food Safety
  • Refrigerator Product Storage Duration Chart: FDA
  • Regulators Guide Validation Verification of HACCP Plans in Retail Food Establishments: MEHA
  • Reheat Food For Hot Holding Poster: State Food Safety
  • Safe Cooking Guidelines: Partnership For Food Safety Education
  • Safe Use of Reusable Containers Guidance: Conference for Food Protection 2020-2023
  • Sanitize by Hand with Chemical Sanitizers: UMass Extension
  • Sanitizers & Disinfectants In Food Establishments Safe & Proper Use Guidance: Conference for Food Protection
  • Seafood HACCP Regulation: FDA Appendix 1
  • Seafood HACCP Regulation Sanitation Requirements 21 CFR 123.1 and Their Relation To The Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulation
  • Serving Highly Susceptible Populations: Conference of Food Protection 2021
  • Slicer Sanitation Guidance: MA Partnership for Food Safety
  • Small Filth Flies ID Guide: Nebraska University
  • Summary of Federal Inspection Requirements for Meat Products
  • Sushi HACCP Retail Standardization Guidance: Conference for Food Protection 5/20/23
  • Sushi & The Food Code : FDA & Conference for Food Protection 6/13/18
  • Thermometer Calibration Guide: Kansas State University 2000
  • Time & Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) Foods: State Food Safety
  • The New Nutrition Facts Label: Examples of Different Label Formats
  • Vending Machines 105 CMR 590.013
  • Vibrio Investigation Protocol For Food Protection Program
  • Wash Hands Handout: UMass Extension
  • Wash Your Hands - One Trillion Germs: CDC
  • Washing Hands Teaching Tips: Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education
  • Washing and Crisping Whole Raw Fruits and Vegetables at Food Establishments Guide: Conference for Food Protection 2021
  • What’s a Clam? Facts and Fun with soft shell clams: MA Division of Marine Fisheries
  • Why It’s Important To Cool Food Properly: FDA
  • Why It's Important To Keep Hot Foods Hot: FDA
  • Why Wear Gloves: State Food Safety
  • Wild Harvested Mushroom Program Model Guidance: 2014

Forms & Reporting

  • Caterer's Notification Form: NBHD Model
  • Employee Reporting Agreement: MDPH Model
  • Food Establishment Inspection Report: MDPH Prototype Inspection Report 2018
  • Foodborne Illness Complaint Worksheet: MDPH 3/14
  • HACCP Plan Form
  • HACCP Plan Model Form & A Blank Model Hazard Analysis Worksheet
  • HACCP Annual Plan Verification Report
  • Holding Time & Temperature Log: State Food Safety
  • Sanitation Control Daily Record with all 8 Key Sanitation Areas
  • Sanitation Control Monthly Record
  • Sanitation Control Periodic Record With 5 of The 8 Key Sanitation Areas
  • Sanitizers & Disinfectants In Food Establishments Safe & Proper Use Guidance: Conference for Food Protection
  • Seafood HACCP Regulation: FDA Appendix 1
  • Servicing Area Agreement Model Form
  • Thermometer Calibration Guide: Kansas State University 2000
  • Thermometer Calibration Log
  • Vomit and Diarrhea Clean Up Procedure Template 2018
  • Walk In Cooler Temperature Log: State Food Safety

Regulation & State Guidence

  • Acidification to Make Cooked Rice a Non-Time & Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) Food: MDPH 4/18/19
  • Fish & Shellfish In Food Service Establishments: FDA & MDPH 2018
  • Jellies, Preserve,Fruit Butters, & Related Products Regulation: FDA 21 CFR Sec. 150.110
  • Good Manufacturing Practices for Food: 105 CMR 500.00
  • HACCP Plan Regulation: MDPH-FDA
  • Honey Bees and Related Products Transporting and Selling FAQ: MDAR
  • Honey In Massachusetts Legal Requirements & Info Links
  • Ice Cream Truck Permitting 520 CMR 15.00 2/15/13
  • Labeling Exemptions 21 CFR 101
  • Labeling Food For Human Consumption CFR 21 PART 101: FDA Nutrition labeling of food.
  • Latex Glove Use in Retail Food Establishments Guidelines: MDPH 10/1/18
  • Liquid Nitrogen & Dry Ice In Food: FDA 2017
  • List of Food Safety Trainers & Exams: MDPH 5/28/24
  • Massachusetts Merged Food Code 11/16/18
  • Minimum Labeling requirements For Packaged Food Labeling: MDPH 6/30/15
  • Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments 105 CMR 590.000
  • Mobile Food Establishment Questions and Answers: MDPH
  • Mobile Food Establishment Food Code Matrix: FDA
  • Mobile Food Establishments Retail Food Code Standards: MDPH MEMO
  • Non-Continuous Cooking Of Raw Animal Foods: FDA 3-401.14 11/18
  • Percentage Juice Declaration For Foods Purporting To Be Beverages That Contain Fruit or Vegetable Juice.: FDA Part 101 Food Labeling Sec. 101.30
  • Processing and Bottling of Bottled Drinking Water: FDA 21 CFR Part 129 6/10/24
  • Potluck Events Advisory: MDPH 8/14
  • Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) Done Without A Variance: FDA & MDPH 3-502.12
  • Residential Kitchens Permitting Food code Standards : MDPH 4/19
  • Residential Kitchen Questions and Answers: MDPH 4/19
  • Sale of Honey: MA General Law Chapter 128 Section 36B
  • Slaughtering and Processing of Meat and Poultry Guidelines: MDPH 1/22/01
  • Slaughtering - Custom Exemptions: FDA 9 CFR 303.1
  • Slaughtering and Processing of Meat and Poultry: MDPH 1/22/2001
  • Standards & Sanitation Requirements For Raw Grade A Milk: 330 CMR 27.00
  • Temporary Food Establishments Retail Food Code Standards : MDPH 7/19
  • Time & Temperature Control for Safety Food, Date Marking: 3-501.17
  • Vending Machines 105 CMR 590.013
  • Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Retail Investigation Checklist for Local Health Agents: MDPH 2022
  • Wiping Clothes In Food Service: FDA & MDPH 2018
  • Food Code Crosswalk Sheet: MDPH July 2024
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Minimum Housing

  • Bed Bugs Control Protocols for the Prevention in Multiunit Housing: Pesticide Bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources 10/09
  • Bed Bugs FAQ: MDPH 2023
  • Bed Bugs - Reducing the Risk of Transporting Guidelines: Contra Costa County Bed Bug Task Force 4/09
  • Boston University Housing Code Checklist (Fillable)
  • Controlling Excessive Moisture and Mold: Occupant's Guidance
  • Controlling Excess Moisture and Mold: Owner's Guidance
  • General Administrative Procedures: 105 CMR 400.000
  • Healthy Home Guide: MDPH
  • Hoarding: Barnstable County & MHOA 2022
  • Homeless Shelter Requirements Guidance For Municipalities
  • Housing Code Checklist: Mass. Law Reform Institute 5/16/23
  • Housing Inspection Report Form: MDPH Model 1/26/24
  • Housing & Sanitation Standards For Farm Labor Camps: MDPH 105 CMR 420.000
  • How to Write an Order to Correct - Public Health Power Hour: FRCOG & Paul Halfmann
  • Lead Law Occupant Notification Form: MDPH
  • Lead Poisoning Prevention Control 105cmr460
  • Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation Sanitary Code: 105 CMR 410.000
  • Notice of Occupant's Legal Rights and Responsibilities: MDPH November 2023
  • Order To Correct: MDPH Model 1/26/24
  • Pest Control For Occupants Fact Sheet: MDPH 10/2/23
  • Pest Control For Owners Fact Sheet: MDPH 10/2/23
  • Rooming House MA Law: Part I Title XVI Chapter 111 Section 199B
  • Small Filth Fly ID Guide: University of Nebraska
  • Submetering of Water & Sewer Guidance: MDPH 5/12/23
  • Stop That Pest! Pest Identification & Control For Regulators: MHOA & Harvard University
  • Temperature Requirements Guidance: 105 CMR 410.180
  • Temporary Overnight Shelters Memo: MDPH 12/30/09

Housing Court Documents

  • Navigating the Housing Court
  • Decoding Housing Court Case Numbers
  • Civil Agreement
  • Civil Contempt Complaint
  • Civil Request Default 55a
  • Civil TRO
  • Motion Form
  • Motion to Vacate Default Judgement
  • Notice of Appearance Form: 2023
  • Notice To Show Cause
  • Statement of Material Facts
  • Stipulation For Rent Repair
  • Verified Complaint
  • Voluntary Dismissal
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Nuisances

  • LPHI Nuisance Job Aid
  • LBOH Nuisance Regulations Sample
  • MA DEP Air Quality Nuisance Complaints & Concerning Noise Guide
  • MA DEP Air Quality Nuisance Complaints: Dust, Odor and Noise
  • Nuisance Advisory Letter Sample
  • Nuisance Correction Order Sample
  • Nuisance Investigation Form Sample
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Recreational Camps

  • First Aid Kit Requirements
  • Getting Back to Camp MHOA April 2022
  • LPHI Recreational Camps Job Aid
  • Minimal Standards for Recreational Camps for Children 105 CMR 430.000
  • Recreational Camps FAQ Sheet - MDPH
  • Recreational Camps Informational Pamphlet
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Swimming Pools

  • Equivalent Pool Supervisor & Lifeguard Training Courses 6/9/20
  • Minimum Standards for Swimming Pools State Sanitary Code: 105 CMR 435.000
  • Pool Fecal Incident Prevention
  • Pool Federal Requirements Memo
  • Pool Inspection Report Model
  • Pool Regs Memo 9/22/05
  • Swimming Pools In Public Buildings: MDPH Memo
  • Swimming Pool Permit To Operate Model
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Tanning

  • Notice To Tanning Operators-FAQ
  • Tanning Facilities Regulations: 105 CMR 123.000
  • Tanning Warning Statement: MDPH 2017
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Title 5

  • Accessing GIS Data: DEP 2/2/22
  • Alternative Perculation Testing Guidance: MDPH 5/3/06
  • Breakout, Barriers and Retaining Walls: Claire Golden, MassDEP & MHOA
  • DEP Field Testing Protocol For Remedial & General Use Innovative/ Alternative Treatment Systems
  • Keeping Some Confusing Concepts Straight: Claire Golden, MassDEP & MHOA
  • Massachusetts Watershed Permit Regulations: 314 CMR 21.000 7/7/23
  • Non-Traditional Onsite Wastewater System Components: Daniel Ottenheimer R.S., P.E. 10/23
  • Onsite Wastewater System Construction Inspections For Health Inspectors: Daniel Ottenheimer R.S., P.E. 10/22
  • Onsite Wastewater System Inspections For Local Health Inspectors: Daniel Ottenheimer R.S., P.E. 10/23
  • Soils and Water Movement: USDA & MHOA 10/25-27/23
  • The State Environmental Code Title 5 Standard Requirements: 310 CMR 15.000 8/4/2023
  • Title 5 System Inspector Manual
  • Title 5 & Watershed Permit Final Regulations: MHOA 10/26/23

Forms

  • Bedroom Count Deed Restriction, Grant of Title 5
  • Bottomless Sand Filter Technology Checklist
  • DEP Approved Inspection and O&M Form for Title 5 I/A Treatment and Disposal Systems
  • DEP Inspection and O&M Form and Checklist for Title 5: Greywater Disposal Systems Piloting
  • Form 1A - Disposal System Construction Permit Application
  • Form 3 - Certificate of Compliance
  • Form 8 - Title 5 Enforcement Order
  • Form 9A – Application for Local Upgrade Approval
  • Form 9B - Local Upgrade Approval
  • Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal
  • Form 12 - Percolation Test
  • Notice of Alternative Sewage Disposal System
  • Provisional Use Approval Certification Forms
  • Septage Hauler Permit Application
  • Title 5 Official Inspection Form Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Form - Not for Voluntary Assessments

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