保健所(ほけんじょ)

ほけんじょ
noun
public health center
healthsociety
1. public health center
A local government office in charge of public health: infectious disease control, food hygiene inspections, health checkups and related services.
保健所(ほけんじょ)に相談(そうだん)した。
I consulted the public health center.
飲食店(いんしょくてん)を開(ひら)くには保健所(ほけんじょ)の許可(きょか)が要(い)る。
You need a permit from the health center to open a restaurant.
食中毒(しょくちゅうどく)が発生(はっせい)したため、保健所(ほけんじょ)がその店(みせ)に営業(えいぎょう)停止(ていし)を命(めい)じた。
Because of a food poisoning outbreak, the health center ordered the restaurant to suspend business.

Cultural note

Prefectures and large cities run 保健所(ほけんじょ). Besides disease control and restaurant inspections, they handle infant checkups, mental health consultations and stray dogs, and the word became familiar to everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Compare: 保健室(ほけんしつ) (a school's nurse's office)
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