Health protection forms

If you have noticed a suspected health hazard in food, household water or swimming water, it is possible to report it nationwide via the attached ilppa link. The information is processed electronically by the authority. Making a report does not require logging in. The Food Agency is responsible for maintaining the Ilppa service.

 REPORT A SUSPECTED HEALTH DISORDER

Notification obligation according to Section 13 of the Health Protection Act

According to Section 13 of the Health Protection Act, the establishment or commissioning of certain apartments or activities must be notified to the local health protection authority. Such apartments or functions include, among others:

• beauty salons, solarium and tattoo parlors and other apartments where skin treatment or care is practiced
• daycare centers and Clubs, as well as educational institutions and places of education providing pre-primary or basic education, vocational training, upper secondary education or higher education
• continuous care is provided by the social care operational units and reception centers
• accommodation establishments referred to in the Act on Accommodation and Catering Activities (308/2006)
• sports facilities open to the public, saunas, swimming pools, beaches, swimming pools or spas
• other than a facility supplying domestic water as referred to in Section 18 of the TsL
• use of domestic water as part of a public or commercial activity (operator is not a facility supplying domestic water)
• shared water intakes or water tanks (for the needs of at least 50 people or at least 10 m³/day)
• such other apartments or facilities or activities that, taking into account the number of users or the nature of the activity, may cause a health hazard

Making a notification

You can make notifications according to the Health Protection Act electronically through the national environmental health notification system ilppa. in the ilppa service can report e.g. of the operation

• about getting started
• of essential change
• about quitting
• about the change of entrepreneur.

the information of the notification from ilpa will be processed electronically by the local control unit. Similarly, operators can see their own data from the ilppa service.

The Food Agency is responsible for the technical maintenance of the ilppa service. Read more about the ilppa service from the website of the Food Agency.

If it is not possible to use the electronic notification service, you can request our traditional forms from health supervision by phone or email health controlimatra.fi (health control[at]imatra[dot]fi)  

The health protection authority processes the report and gives the person making the report a certificate of receipt of the report. If necessary, the apartment will be inspected.

If the reported activity can affect the living environment, the health protection authority will consult those who may be affected to the necessary extent. After consulting the operator, the health protection authority can issue regulations necessary to prevent health hazards or, if health hazards cannot otherwise be prevented, prohibit the operation of the activity at the location in question.

Home inspection request

A resident of a shared apartment, right-of-occupancy apartment, rental apartment or other similar apartment who cannot decide on making repairs himself can request an apartment inspection. The request can also be made if there is a smell in the apartment, noise caused by building technical equipment or other nuisance from other apartments or common areas of the building. The request can also be made if the nuisance comes from a neighboring property, e.g. noise nuisance caused by music from a nearby restaurant.

The inspection is free of charge.

Based on the inspection, the official carrying out the inspection decides on possible measurements and other investigations. A fee is charged for the investigations from the property owner.

The form can be requested from health supervision by phone or email terveysvalvontaimatra.fi (terveysvalvonta[at]imatra[dot]fi) 

Application for the approval of a facility supplying domestic water

According to Section 18 of the Health Protection Act, the facility supplying domestic water must apply for approval of its operation from the municipality's health protection authority no later than 3 months before the planned start of operation. Domestic water may not be supplied until the plant has been approved.

Approval of the activity must also be applied for if the water intake or water treatment is substantially expanded or changed, or there are significant changes in water quality or distribution in terms of the quality of the domestic water supplied. The application for the change of operation must be made no later than 30 days before the essential change of operation. The operation may not be changed until the application has been approved. 

The form can be requested from health supervision by phone or email terveysvalvontaimatra.fi (terveysvalvonta[at]imatra[dot]fi)