Public Health Rules in Georgia (2026)

Macon-Bibb County restaurants must post their health permit and inspection sheet near the main entrance where the…

Acworth's nuisance code makes it a code violation to keep "any fruit, vegetable, animal or rodent" on a property that…

Atlanta's Housing Code makes property owners responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and other pests in every…

Augusta-Richmond County requires every property to stay free of insect and rodent infestation under its building…

Unincorporated Bartow County's nuisance ordinance declares conditions that let rodents and vermin breed excessively…

Carroll County's property maintenance code requires every structure and exterior property in the unincorporated county…

Cherokee County's Rat Infestation Control division requires business buildings to be rat-proofed and kept that way, and…

Clayton County requires commercial and industrial waste containers to carry a cover sturdy enough to keep out flies…

Columbus, Georgia makes it unlawful to keep, cause or permit a rodent infestation anywhere in the consolidated…

Coweta County has no stand-alone rodent ordinance; instead Code of Ordinances Sec. 42-3.1 bans the buildup of weeds…

Before any structure comes down in the City of Decatur, Georgia, the owner must have a state-licensed pest control…

DeKalb County Code § 13-162 makes every business building owner in the unincorporated county ratproof their structure…

Unincorporated Fulton County property owners must keep premises free of conditions that breed or harbor rodents, or…

Gwinnett County code enforcement treats grass, weeds, and uncultivated vegetation over 12 inches tall on vacant…

Hall County's solid waste code bans storing junk and salvage material outdoors on any public or private land in the…

Macon-Bibb County Code Section 12-132 makes every building owner and occupant responsible for keeping the structure…

Unincorporated Newton County's rat infestation control ordinance requires business owners to ratproof buildings and…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, keeping trash, garbage, refuse or any foul, decaying or putrescent material in a…

Roswell, Georgia treats a property that harbors rats or other vermin as a 'blighted property' and public nuisance under…

Sandy Springs treats decaying matter and rodent infestations on private property as a public nuisance. Section 34-19…

South Fulton requires every solid waste container to stay sanitary enough that it cannot become a rodent or insect…

Walton County bars handling solid waste in a way that is conducive to insect and rodent infestation, and separately…

Warner Robins requires every manufactured home park's food handling establishments and service buildings to be…

Chatham County treats used needles and syringes as biomedical waste. Section 21-602(5) defines sharps to include…

Augusta-Richmond County regulates sharps, needles and other biomedical waste under Article 4 of the Code's solid-waste…

Columbus, Georgia requires clinics, hospitals and other biomedical-waste generators to store sharps like needles and…

Fayette County's health code treats used needles and other sharps from licensed body art studios as bio-hazardous…

Newton County's only sharps-disposal ordinance covers licensed tattoo and body craft studios, not a general household…

Walton County's only sharps-disposal rule sits inside the tattoo and body piercing regulations at Chapter 39, Article…

DeKalb County food service establishments must employ a Certified Food Safety Manager; skipping that requirement can…