Bureau of Sanitarian Services | Louisiana Department of Health Bureau of Sanitarian Services Offices & Administration Divisions Office of Public Health Bureau of Sanitarian Services Sanitarian Services is primarily occupied with enforcing laws, rules and regulations for maintaining and promoting community hygiene; however, they are increasingly orienting themselves to accomplishing their goals through education, enlightenment, and persuasion. Sanitarians are more concerned with developing sanitary standards and technical aspects of engineering, construction, and supervision of operators or various facilities and techniques which are basically design entities and that are conducted toward improving living conditions in communities. Knowledge has so advanced our understanding of environmental hygiene that virtually every entity in our environment has come under the scrutiny of public health, Did You Know? Louisiana Sanitarian Services Permit Renewal Payments can be made here Permit Payment Portal Contact a Sanitarian (Public Health Inspector) Public Health Inspectors Inspections Retail Food Health Inspections History Dashboard Overview Louisiana Sanitarian Services Permit Renewals Submit Permit Payment Programs & Services Beach Monitoring Program Building & Premises Program Cannabis Program Commercial Seafood Program Disease Vector Program Food & Drug Unit Milk & Dairy Unit Molluscan Shellfish Program Onsite Wastewater Program Retail Food Program Regulatory Codes Effective June 20, 2002, the Louisiana Sanitary Code was codified and re-promulgated as "Title 51. Public Health-Sanitary Code". Present and future updates to the code can be found in the Louisiana Register Louisiana Administrative Code - a state-certified publication that provides a set of rules which have been formally adopted or amended by Louisiana state agencies. To download the Louisiana Sanitary Code at no charge; Title 51. Public Health-Sanitary Code .  (Keep in mind that this is a large file and may take several minutes to download.) News Mar 27, 2026 LDH reports results from first round of seafood sampling from oil spill area Sep 16, 2025 Louisiana Department of Health continues to urge caution to prevent Vibrio vulnificus infection Apr 17, 2024 Mercury and fish advisories issued for 11 waterways More News Quick Links File a Food & Foodborne Illness Complaint Act 66 - Re-Inspection Fee Implementation Crawfish & Shrimp Menu Labeling Law Fundraisers & Temporary Events Food Safety Certification CACFP and Summer Feeding Resources More Resources Surgeon General Evelyn Griffin, MD Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein Cicero Government