In terms of section 54 of the Health Professions Act, the following are the functions of Council:

• To assist in the promotion of the health of the population of Zimbabwe; and
• To regulate, control and supervise all matters affecting the training of persons in, and the manner of the exercise of, the profession or calling of any environmental health practitioner; and
• To promote liaison in the field of training referred to in paragraph (b), both in Zimbabwe and elsewhere, and to monitor, enforce and improve the standards of such training in Zimbabwe: and
• To advise the Minister on any matter affecting the profession or calling of any environmental health practitioner; and
• To communicate to the Minister information on matters of public importance acquired by the Council in the performance of its functions under this Act; and
• To consider and determine applications for the registration of environmental health practitioners in accordance with such conditions, whether as to qualifications or otherwise, as may be prescribed by the Council; and g) To establish and maintain one or more registers in terms of Part XV for the registration of environmental health practitioners; and
• To issue practicing certificates to environmental health practitioners and to cancel or suspend such certificates in terms of this Act; and
• To define and enforce ethical practice and discipline among environmental health practitioners; and
• To encourage co-operation between the Council and other councils established under this Act; and
• To take such steps as appear to the Council to be necessary or desirable to advance the standing and effectiveness of environmental health practitioners in Zimbabwe; and
• To present the views of environmental health practitioners on national, regional and international issues; and
• To evaluate and monitor the standards of qualifying examinations, courses and training for environmental health practitioners; and
• To evaluate any examinations, training courses and qualifications of foreign institutions for the purposes of the registration of environmental health practitioners; and
• To perform any other function that may be conferred or imposed upon the Council or in terms of this Act or any other enactment.