Fairfax County, VA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- schools, nurseries, child care
- Standard
- free of insects, rodents
- Enforced by
- Health Department
- Tied to
- annual facility permit
Summary
Buildings used as a private school, nursery school or child care center in Fairfax County must be kept free of insects and rodents under the County's child care facility standards.
All buildings subject to regulation under this Article shall be maintained free from insects and rodents.
Full Breakdown
Fairfax County's child care facility code sets a flat requirement: any building subject to the Article's regulation must be maintained free from insects and rodents. It's a short, blanket sanitation duty that sits alongside the chapter's broader facility standards on cleanliness, ventilation and temperature, and is enforced as part of the same annual Health Department permit and inspection process that governs the facility itself.
Violations & Fines
Failing to keep a regulated facility free of insects and rodents is a Health Department permit compliance issue and can support permit denial, suspension or revocation under the chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Fairfax County require pest control at child care centers?
Who enforces the insect and rodent rule?
Sources & Official References
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