The Florida Department of Health is responsible for protecting the public health and safety of the residents and visitors of the state of Florida. It is a cabinet-level agency of the state government, headed by a state surgeon general who reports to the governor. The department has its headquarters in Tallahassee.
History
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During the 1996 legislative session, the beleaguered Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was reconstructed as two entities: the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Children and Families.
The Florida Department of Health operates county health departments in all 67 of the state’s counties. The agency employs more than 17,000 persons. It has worked on two-year-old immunizations, tobacco control, and statewide preparedness response efforts.
The Florida Department of Health is responsible for public health, including:
- Epidemiology
- Investigating foodborne illness and zoonotic and waterborne diseases
- Emergency preparedness and bioterrorism
- Controlling communicable disease
- Health promotion and education
- School health. The department manages the school health services program in cooperation with the Florida Department of Education. Funding comes from a variety of sources, including DOH and local school districts.
- Women's health
- Public health dentistry and oral health
- Nutrition
- Vaccinations/preventable disease
- Eliminating health disparities
- Provision of vital records
- Environmental health
- Medical Quality Assurance
- Epilepsy
- Chronic disease
- Spinal cord injury prevention programs
Organization
- State Surgeon General's Office
- Executive Staff Office
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
- Legislative Planning
- Communications
- Equal Opportunity
- Minority Health
- Deputy Secretary for Health
- Bureau of Laboratory Services
- Office of Public Health Nursing
- Office of Public Health Research
- Institutional Review Board
- Division of Emergency Medical Operations
- Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Office of Emergency Operations
- Office of Public Health Preparedness
- Emergency Medical Education
- Division of Health Access and Tobacco
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
- Emergency Medical Education
- Health Professional Recruitment
- Rural Health
- Bureau of Statewide Pharmaceutical Services
- Local Health Councils
- Tobacco Prevention
- Injury Prevention
- Deputy State Health Officer
- County Health Departments
- Statewide Services Administrator
- Division of Environmental Health
- Community Environmental Health
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Water Programs
- Facility Programs
- Radiation Control
- Onsite Sewage
- Division of Disease Control
- Epidemiology
- Immunization
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Tuberculosis Control and Refugee Health
- Sunland Hospital
- Division of Family Health Services
- Mental Health
- Family and Community Health
- Chronic Disease Prevention
- WIC and Nutrition Services
- Child Nutrition Programs
- Deputy State Health Officer Children's Medical Services (CMS)
- Division of CMS Network
- Network Administration
- Network Operations
- Division of Prevention and Intervention
- Prevention and Early Intervention
- CPT/Special Technology
- Division of CMS Network
- Deputy Secretary
- Division of Administration
- Budget
- Finance and Accounting
- General Services
- Human Resource Management
- Revenue Management
- Division of Medical Quality Assurance
- Management Services
- Operations
- Health Care Practitioner Regulation
- Board Directors
- Division of Disability Determinations
- Medical Disability Administrative Services
- Medical Disability Information Services
- Medical Disability Program Services
- Medical Disability Program Operations
- Division of Information Technology
- Application Development and Support
- Infrastructure and Support
- Planning and Quality Assurance
- Strategic Information Technologies
- Performance Improvement
- Planning, Evaluation and Data
- Division of Administration
References
External links
- Official website
