| Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
|---|
| Rabies - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Martha Thompson Letha Zuckero | 512-776-7592 512-776-7515 512-776-7491 |
| Rabies In Animals | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Laura Robinson
| 512-776-2155 512-776-3306 |
| Rabies In Humans | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Laura Robinson | 512-776-2155 512-776-3306 |
| Rabies Laws | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson Debbie Speicher
| 512-776-6622 512-776-2279 |
| Rabies Oral Rabies Vaccination Program (Bait Drop) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Laura Robinson
| 512-776-3306 |
| Rabies Statewide Quarantine | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Radiation (Low-Level Waste) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Material Group | RAMlicensing@dshs.texas.gov
| 512-834-6688 ext. 2861 |
| Radiation (Nonionizing) Inpections | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2006 |
| Radiation (Nuclear Emergency Planning) | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Glen Corbin
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2028 |
| Radiation (Pantex, Nuclear Weapons) | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Chris Moore
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2014 |
| Radiation Accidents | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Art Tucker
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2359 |
| Radiation Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit | RAMlicensing@dshs.texas.gov
| 512-834-6688 ext. 2861 |
| Radiation Policy/Standards & Quality Assurance Regulations | PSQA Unit – Radiation Group | Chuck Flynn
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2821 |
| Radioactive Material | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Materials Group | RAMlicensing@dshs.texas.gov
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2861 |
| Radon | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Ruben Cortez
| 512-834-6770 x2004 |
| Rapid Needs Assessment | Community Preparedness Section | David Zane
| 512-458-7228 512-458-7111, ext. 6422 |
| Ratite (Ostrich, Emu Slaughter Process Inspection) | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Records Retention | Records Management Office | Records Management Office
| 512-776-7635 |
| Red Tide | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Refugee Health | Refugee Health Screening Program | Diana Whitley Jessica Montour Amira Suton | 512-533-3130 512-533-3161 512-533-3137 |
| Regional Advisory Councils (RACs)/Trauma Systems | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Division for Regional and Local Health Services | Division for Regional and Local Health Services | David Gruber Beverly Pritchett
| 512-776-7770 512-776-7770 |
| Regulatory Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit | Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6730 |
| Remote Inspectors (Dental, Veterinary, Podiatry, Minimal Threat) | Inspections Unit - Radiation - Mammography Group | Yvette Stewart
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2030 |
| Rendering | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Reportable Diseases | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6393 |
| Residency | Academic Linkages | Rick Danko
| 512-776-7375 |
| Respiratory Care Licensing | Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Email Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification | 512-834-6628 |
| Restaurant (Yellow Grease) | PSQA Unit – Meat Group | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Restaurant Sanitation Regulations | PSQA Unit – Foods Establishment Group | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753 x2053 |
| Restrooms | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Dora Fogle
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Resuscitate Information (DO NOT) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – Stakeholder Info Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Retail Food Establishment Inspections (Non-Profit and Government Organizations) | Retail Food Establishments | Food Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Retail Food Establishments, Inspection Officer Standardization/Training | Retail Food Establishments | Retail Food Service Establishments Program
| 512-834-6753 |
| Retail Food Establishments Complaints | Retail Foods Establishments | Cheryl Wilson
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2053 |
| Retail Food Establishments Inspections | Retail Food Establishments | Retail Food Establishments Program
| 512-834-6753 |
| Retail Food Establishments Licenses | Retail Food Establishments | Foods Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Retail Food Establishments Manager Certification | Certified Food Manager Program | Certified Food Manager Program
| 512-834-6753 |
| Rheumatic Fever | Infectious Disease Control Unit | Lesley Brannan Amy Littman
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6339 |
| Rio Grande State Center (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Sonia Hernandez-Keeble
| 956-430-2401 |
| Risk Assessment and Environmental Contamination | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tom Ellerbee Josh Duty
| 512-776-6039 512-776-6641 |
| Rubella (German Measles) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Brandy Tidwell Eric Garza | 512-776-2632 512-776-6577 512-776-6825 |
| Rural Health Clinics (Medicare Certification) | Patient Quality Care Unit - Health Facility Compliance | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Rural Health Issues | Center for Rural Health Initiatives | Sam Tessen
| 512-479-8891 |
| Rusk State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Ted Debbs
| 903-683-3421 |
| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bony Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |