Florida Department of Health
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Florida |
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Tallahassee, Florida 30°23′N 84°14′W / 30.39°N 84.23°WCoordinates: 30°23′N 84°14′W / 30.39°N 84.23°W |
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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.[1]
History
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.[2]
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: [3]
- 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.[4]
- 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[5]
- 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
- ↑ "Florida Department of Health Contacts." Florida Department of Health. Retrieved on October 26, 2010. "Administration 4052 Bald Cypress Way Tallahassee , FL."
- ↑ "Florida Department of Health - FDOH" United States Department of Health and Human Services website
- ↑ "Public health". Florida Department of Health. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ↑ "School Nurses". Merritt Island, Florida: Space Coast Medicine and Healthy Living. March–April 2009. pp. 21–33.
- ↑ Division of Medical Quality Assurance
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