We serve everyone. All county health departments in the Northeast Health District provide services for people of every age and every walk of life. We accept both public and private insurance (including Medicaid, Medicare, and a variety of private insurers), but insurance is not required to use health department services. Some services such as birth and death certificates have set fees, but many services are available on a sliding scale. We work with patients to ensure they receive the care they need.
We offer a wide range of services, including birth control and family planning, a supplemental food and nutrition education program for pregnant women, new parents, and children (WIC), immunizations for children and adults, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and tuberculosis, screenings for breast and cervical cancer, blood pressure monitoring and treatment, health education and services for teens. We also provide child vision, hearing, dental, and nutrition screenings and scoliosis screenings required for school, as well as other child health services.
Birth and death certificates are provided at the Clarke, Walton (Monroe), and Morgan County clinics. Birth and death certificates may also be ordered online.
Our Environmental Health team permits and inspects on-site septic systems, restaurant and food service operations, hotels and motels, public swimming pools, and body art studios. Environmental Health also engages in rabies prevention, conducts private well water sampling, and investigates public complaints and food-borne illness outbreaks.
Local epidemiologists engage in case investigation and contact tracing for infectious diseases, and the Emergency Preparedness unit works with local agencies to ensure that we have plans in place for emergency situations including natural disasters, severe weather, and disease outbreaks.
Yes. We accept both public and private insurance (including Medicaid, Medicare, and a variety of private insurers), but insurance is not required to use health department services. Some services such as birth and death certificates have set fees, but many services are available on a sliding scale. We work with patients to ensure they receive the care they need.
Some services are available on a walk-in basis, but others require an appointment. Please call your local health department clinic to learn more about availability of specific services.
If you have a photo ID, please bring it with you. If you are an established patient, bringing your patient ID card or your patient ID number is helpful. Both new and established patients can fill out patient forms before coming in to save time. If you have insurance, please bring your insurance card(s). (Note: insurance is not required to use health department services.) Some services such as birth and death certificates have set fees, but many services are available on a sliding scale. You can learn about types of payment accepted here. We work with patients to ensure they receive the care they need.
We offer dental screenings – along with vision, hearing, and nutrition screenings – to complete Form 3300 required for school entry, and we provide a dental education program for schools, employers, and community groups. We do not have dentists on staff, however, and cannot provide direct dental care. To learn about other providers and local services, please visit ours dental resources page.
We provide WIC, which is a supplemental food and nutrition education program for pregnant women, new parents, and children under the age of five. SNAP benefits (“food stamps”) are administered by DFCS through a separate program and are not available at health department clinics. To learn more about food assistance programs, visit here.
Birth and death certificates may be ordered online through the ROVER (Request Official Vital Events Records) System. In the Northeast Health District, birth and death certificates are also issued at health department clinics in Clarke, Morgan, and Walton (Monroe clinic) counties. For counties other than Clarke, Morgan, or Walton, please contact the Vital Records Registrar – usually located in the probate judge’s office – in the appropriate county. (Note that all Vital Records offices can now obtain birth and death certificates from any county within the state of Georgia, meaning you do not have to visit the county in which you were born – or in which the person died – to obtain a copy of your record.)
Sports physicals and DOT physicals can be performed by your primary care provider or physician. Health department clinics in the Northeast Health District are unable to provide this service.
Our Child Health programs and health department clinics periodically offer car seat safety classes during which parents and caregivers learn how to properly install and use car seats, car seats are inspected for safety, and free car seats and booster seats are provided to financially eligible families who attend the classes. Call your local health department to ask when the next car seat class will be offered. (You must attend the class in order to receive a free car seat, and there may be a waiting list.)
Yes, you may walk-in to apply for pregnancy Medicaid at health department clinics. Please be sure to bring your ID for this service.
You may contact the provider who administered your COVID-19 vaccine for a replacement card. If you received your COVID-19 vaccinations in Georgia, you may visit a local health department clinic and they are able to confirm and retrieve your information from GRITS (Georgia Immunization Registry) and generate a new card for you. Please bring a photo ID with you and note that you must visit the clinic; we are unable to mail replacement cards. If you received any of your COVID-19 vaccinations in a state other than Georgia, you will need to contact that state or the original provider to obtain your records. If you have official immunization records, you can bring these official records to the health department and staff can update GRITS information. For a list of state immunization registry contacts, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/iis/contacts-locate-records.html
Yes, please bring official immunization records with you. Only county health departments and physicians licensed in Georgia can provide immunization certificates (Form 3231) required for school attendance. To obtain required school immunization forms or other forms of vaccination documentation, you can take your or your child’s immunization record to any local county health department or Georgia physician, and they can enter the information into GRITS (Georgia Immunization Registry), give any required vaccines, and provide appropriate documentation. Please note that transferring information from immunization records takes time, particularly if you have moved from another country or if you have multiple children. It is often most convenient to drop off the records and return at a later time to obtain the forms required.
It is important to bring your and/or your child’s previous immunization record with you on every visit to the clinic or doctor’s office and to be sure to get it updated if shots are administered. After moving to Georgia, ask your and/or your child’s doctor to enter existing immunization records and any future vaccines into GRITS (Georgia Immunization Registry).
We do offer pre-exposure rabies vaccines to patients who meet criteria for vaccination. Due to the significant expense, rabies vaccines must be special ordered for each patient and paid in advance. If you are interested in receiving pre-exposure vaccination, please call your local health department to make an appointment for screening and to arrangement payment. We do not offer post-exposure rabies vaccines.
Yes. This service requires two visits: the PPD/TST is placed at the first visit and results must be read 48 – 72 hours later at a second visit.
Patients and caregivers of patients who believe they may be eligible should consult with their physician about the possibility of obtaining a Low THC Oil Card allowing them to possess 20 fluid ounces of low THC oil within the State of Georgia. If approved by the physician, the patient and/or patient’s caregivers’ information will be entered into DPH’s secure Low THC Oil Registry, and a Low THC Oil Card will be issued to the patient and/or caregiver. Patients and caregivers will be notified when the cards are ready for pickup. The Low THC Oil Registry Cards cost twenty-five dollars and are valid for two years from the date of issue. After that time, cardholders will need to consult with their physician again. The following link will provide a way for physicians and patients on the Low THC Oil Registry to view the stage of their Low THC Oil card: Check Card Status.
If you are a patient at one of our clinics, we may call to remind you of an upcoming appointment or to discuss lab results or other issues related to your visit. If you are not a current patient, our Epidemiology unit may be attempting to reach you. When the Epidemiology unit receives a notifiable disease report, our staff may reach out to the patient and/or their provider to ask follow-up questions to assist the patient in receiving appropriate care and prevent further spread of illness. For more information about why our Epidemiology team might be calling and how to verify that the person calling is a DPH employee, please visit the FAQ section of our Epidemiology/Infectious Disease page.