Health Section

The Health Section conducts the majority of health plan reviews submitted to DPIE’s Building Plan Review Division. The projects this section reviews include plans for new and remodeled facilities including food service facilities, on-site sewage disposal systems, and wells for potable water supplies. The Section also conducts plan reviews for the upgrade/expansion of an existing sewage disposal system to serve proposed building additions.

Additionally, this section conducts pre-opening inspections of food service facilities; also, this section makes installation inspections of on-site sewage disposal systems and wells that have plans approved within the Building Plan Review Division. This section’s functions are jointly coordinated between the Division of Environmental Health in the Health Department and the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement.

Applications

ePlan Submissions

Electronic plan (ePlan) submission is available through the Momentum Portal for health cases that don't require a DPIE building permit (equipment evaluations, onsite sewage disposal systems on residential properties, facilities located in the City of Laurel, the University of Maryland, and Bowie State University).

Note: The Health Department does not review or license food establishments in Federal buildings or on Federal property.

Food Permits/Licenses Are Processed Using Momentum

All Prince George's County Environmental and Food Health Permits/Licenses are completed online. Please go to the Momentum Portal and enter the information directly into the County’s Permitting System. If you want to view step-by-step instructions before starting your application, the top of the page has a "Documents" category. To use our online (ePlan) permit review process, select the "ePlan Requested by the Applicant" option BEFORE you submit your online application.

If you have any questions, you may email environmentalhealth@co.pg.md.us or call 301-883-7605.

For information on how to submit plans, please see the "Food Service Facility Online Plan Review Requirements" checklist.

Applicable Codes & Regulations

Below are our most frequently used codes and regulations:

Prince George’s County Code: Subtitle 5, Division 17; Subtitle 12, Division 2, Subdivisions 1, 2, & 3; and Subtitle 22, Divisions 1 & 3, Subdivisions 1 & 2
Code of Maryland Regulations governing food service facilities 10.15.03; governing water supply, sewage disposal and well construction 26.04.02 & .04
Code of Maryland Swimming Pool and Spa Standards 09.12.56 and the ISPSC current version adopted by the State of Maryland

Legislative Information System

Prince George’s County Subtitles can be found online through the Legislative/Zoning Information System.

Code of Maryland Regulations

The Code of Maryland Regulations can be found online.

Prince George’s County On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems Code, Subtitle 22
COMAR (Code of Maryland Regulations) Title 26 Department of the Environment, Subtitle 04 Regulation of Water Supply, Sewage Disposal and Solid Waste, Chapter 01 Quality of Drinking Water in Maryland
COMAR 26.04 Chapter 02 Sewage Disposal and Certain Water Systems for Homes and Other Establishments in the Counties of Maryland Where a Public Sewage System is Not Available
COMAR 26.04 Chapter 03 Water Supply and Sewerage Systems in the Subdivision of Land in MD
COMAR 26.04 Chapter 04 Well Construction
COMAR 26, Subtitle11 Air Quality, Chapter 21 Control of Asbestos
COMAR Title 10 Department of Health, Subtitle 15 Food, Chapter 03 Food Service Facilities
COMAR Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Chapter 56, Maryland Swimming Pool and Spa Standards and the ISPSC current version adopted by the State of Maryland

Status of Your Application

The status of your permit application can be tracked online via Permit Status Tracking. Most permit applications are currently reviewed within 10 business days. If you have a question regarding the status of your application, please contact us.