Under direction, performs the most difficult and complex professional work of staff involved in the inspection and enforcement of an assigned environmental health program; program areas include, but are not limited to, consumer protection, emergency response, drinking water sanitation, solid waste disposal, wastewater disposal, land use and vector control; positions may direct the work of lower level staff and/or serve in a technical expert capacity in a specific program area; interprets and enforces federal, state, and local statutes as they pertain to environmental management programs; promotes public health through inspection, permitting and enforcement; assists with planning and implementing new or specialized programs; and performs related duties as assigned. Serves as the primary intake person for rabies related complaints; assesses each call for human or domesticated animal exposure, or potential exposure, to rabies; gathers information necessary for testing; refers to communicable disease nurse or animal control officer; quarantines domesticated animals; transports carcasses and testing materials from home and vet locations to the laboratory; assesses lab results and implements proper quarantine protocols or determines whether revaccination is sufficient; provides guidance and training to animal control agencies, veterinarians, medical staff and other local agencies as needed.