Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
Safety Seats for Children |
Safe Riders Traffic Safety Program |
Johnny Humphreys
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6640 800-252-8255
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Safety Workplace |
PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group |
Michael Minoia
|
512-834-6773, ext. 2305
|
Salmonellosis |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Linda Gaul Lesley Bullion
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Salmonellosis in reptiles and amphibians |
Zoonosis Control |
Eric Fonken Jim Schuermann
|
512-458-7255 512-458-7255
|
Salvage Cosmetics |
PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group |
Brad O’Donnell
|
512-834-6755, ext. 2331
|
Salvage Drug |
PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group |
Brad O’Donnell
|
512-834-6755, ext. 2331
|
Salvage Food |
PSQA Unit – Foods Group |
Martin Essary
|
512-834-6770, ext. 2145
|
Salvage Medical Devices |
PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group |
Tom Brinck
|
512-834-6755, ext. 2388
|
Salvage-Food (See Food Salvage) |
San Antonio State Hospital (Mental Health) |
MH/SA - Hospital Services Section |
Robert Arizpe
|
210-531-7710
|
Sanitarian Registration |
Sanitation Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
David Olvera Stephen Mills
|
512-834-6768 512-834-4520
|
SARS (See Severe Accute Respiratory Syndrome) |
Scabies |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Gary Heseltine Neil Pascoe
|
512-458-7255
|
Scarlet Fever/Rheumatic Fever |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Neil Pascoe Jeff Taylor
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
School Food Service |
PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group |
Michael Minoia
|
512-834-6773, ext. 2306
|
School Health |
School Health Program |
Anita Wheeler
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2909
|
School Health Advisory Council |
School Health Program |
Ellen Kelsey
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2140
|
School Health Curriculum Resources |
School Health Program |
Mike Hill
|
512-458-7111, ext. 3307
|
School Health Network |
School Health Program |
Mike Hill
|
512-458-7111, ext. 3307
|
School Immunization Requirements |
Immunization Branch |
Monica Gamez
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6470 800-252-9152
|
School Nurses |
School Health Program |
Anita Wheeler
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2909
|
School-Based Health Centers |
School Health Program |
Anita Wheeler
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2909
|
School-Health, Safety Issues |
PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group |
Michael Minoia
|
512-834-6773, ext. 2305
|
Schools (Head Lice) |
School Health Program |
Ellen Kelsey
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2140
|
Schools/Child Care Facilities (Vision/Hearing Screening) |
School Vision and Hearing Screening Program |
Elijah Brown
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6442
|
Seafood Contamination |
PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group |
Kirk Wiles
|
512-834-6757, ext. 2500
|
Seafood Safety (other than shellfish and crab meat) |
PSQA Unit – Foods Group |
Rosemary Saldiva
|
512-834-6670, ext. 2162
|
Seizure Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury Related) |
Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch |
Linda Jones
|
512-458-7111, ext. 3131
|
Serology (See Blood) |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS Laboratory Issues) |
Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch |
Elizabeth Delamater Tim Kram Ana Valle
|
512-458-7592 512-458-7514 512-457-7735
|
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Neil Pascoe Jeff Taylor
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Sex Offender Treatment Providers |
Council on Sex Offender Treatment Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
Allison Taylor Cindy Bourland
|
512-834-4530 512-834-6628
|
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (See HIV/STD) |
Shellfish |
PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group |
Kirk Wiles
|
512-834-6757, ext. 2500
|
Shigellosis |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Lesley Bullion Linda Gaul
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Sickle Cell |
Newborn Screening |
Daisy Johnson
|
512-458-7715
|
Silicosis |
Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch |
Laurie Wagner
|
512-458-7269, ext. 6641 800-588-1248
|
Small pox |
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response |
Vince Fonseca John Walker
|
512-458-7219 512-458-7111, ext. 3025
|
Smoking (See Tobacco) |
Snakes-Poisonous |
Zoonosis Control |
Guy Moore
|
512-458-7255
|
Social Worker Licensing |
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
Carol Miller Stephen Mills Cindy Bourland
|
512-719-3521 800-232-3162 512-834-6628
|
South Texas Health Care System |
MH/SA - Hospital Services Section |
Benjamin Perez
|
956-364-8487
|
South Texas Laboratory - Harlingen, TX |
Laboratory Services Section |
Aurora Martinez
|
956-364-8748
|
Special Care Facility Licensing |
Facility Licensing Group Regulatory Licensing Unit |
Linda Porter Renee Clack
|
512-834-6648, ext. 2632 512-834-6700
|
Speech-Language Pathology |
State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
Joyce Parsons Stephen Mills Cindy Bourland
|
512-834-6627 512-834-6628
|
Spinal Cord Injuries |
Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch |
Kelly Johnson
|
512-458-7266
|
Spinal Screening (see Schools) |
St. Louis Encephalitis |
Zoonosis Control |
Jim Schuermann Eric Fonken
|
512-458-7255 512-458-7255
|
Staphylococcal |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Rita Espinoza Neil Pascoe
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Rita Espinoza Neil Pascoe
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
State Epidemiologist |
Community Preparedness Section |
Vince Fonseca
|
512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472
|
State Health Plan |
Center for Health Statistics |
Connie Turney
|
512-458-7261
|
State Hospitals (See State Mental Health Facilities) |
State Mental Health Facilities |
MH/SA - Hospital Services Section |
Kenny Dudley
|
512-206-4616
|
Statewide Health Coordinating Council |
Center for Health Statistics |
Connie Turney
|
512-458-7261
|
Statistics (Demographic Trends Income Poverty Rate) |
Center for Health Statistics |
Owen Wood John Hugg
|
512-458-7261
|
Statistics (Infant Mortality) |
Center for Health Statistics |
Owen Wood Gene Willard
|
512-458-7509
|
Statistics (Infant Mortality) |
Family Health Research and Program Development |
Brian Castrucci
|
512-458-7111, ext. 2006
|
Statistics (Risk Factor Survey) |
Center for Health Statistics |
Michelle Cook Norma McNab
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6593
|
Statistics-Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce (See Vital Records) |
Strategic National Stockpile |
Strategic National Stockpile |
Mariah Ramon
|
512-458-7695
|
Strep Pneumo, Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Neil Pascoe Eric Garza
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Streptococcal (Group A and B, S Pneumo) |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Neil Pascoe Eric Garza
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Streptococcal Disease |
Infectious Disease Control Unit |
Neil Pascoe Eric Garza John Su
|
512-458-7676 512-458-7676 512-458-7676
|
Stroke |
Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program |
Brett Spencer Jennifer Smith
|
512-458-7200 512-458-7111, ext. 6573
|
Substance Abuse - Access to Recovery (ATR) |
MH/SA - Program Implementation |
Sheri Jackson
|
512-206-5935
|
Substance Abuse - General Information |
MH/SA |
Mimi McKay
|
512-206-5804
|
Substance Abuse - Research and Data |
MH/SA - Program Services |
Karen Ruggiero
|
512-206-4729
|
Substance Abuse - NorthSTAR Behavioral Health Project |
MH/SA - NorthSTAR & Special Initiatives |
Matt Ferrara
|
512-206-5470
|
Substance Abuse - Offender Education |
Substance Abuse Regulatory |
Celeste Lunceford
|
800-832-9623 512-834-6628, ext. 2140
|
Substance Abuse - Training and Technical Assistance |
MH/SA - Training and Technical Assistance |
Philander Moore
|
512-419-2257
|
Substance Abuse (Facility Compliance) |
Substance Abuse Compliance Group |
Jack Montague Derek Jakovich
|
512-834-6700 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 800-832-9623
|
Substance Abuse (Facility Licensure) |
Facility Licensing Group Regulatory Licensing Unit |
Delfy Garza
|
512-834-6648, ext. 2632 512-834-6648
|
Substance Abuse Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders |
MH/SA - Program Implementation |
Kwame Bruce
|
512-206-5861
|
Substance Abuse Prevention Services |
MH/SA - Program Services |
Ross Robinson
|
512-206-5021
|
Substance Abuse Program Services |
MH/SA - Program Services |
Ross Robinson
|
512-206-5021
|
Substance Abuse Treatment |
MH/SA - Program Services |
Ross Robinson
|
512-206-5021
|
Substance Abuse-Counselor Licensure |
Substance Abuse Regulatory |
Stewart Myrick Cindy Bourland
|
800-832-9623 512-834-6628, ext. 4565
|
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
Family Health Research and Program Development |
Chan McDermott Julie Stagg
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6663 512-458-7111, ext. 6917
|
Suffocations/Obstructions |
Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group |
John Hellsten
|
512-458-7266
|
Suicides |
Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group |
John Hellsten
|
512-458-7266
|
Surgical Procedures (Texas Medical Disclosure Panel) |
Regulatory Licensing Unit - Facility Licensing Group (Compliance) |
Linda Porter
|
512-834-6648, ext. 2632
|
Survey of Organizational Excellence |
Division of Organization Development |
Robin Scott
|
512-458-7111, ext. 6114
|
Swimming Pools & Aquatic Spas |
PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group |
Katie Moore
|
512-834-6773, ext. 2306
|
Swimming Pools (Public) |
PSQA Unit – Environmental Health Group |
Katie Moore
|
512-834-6773, ext. 2306
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