| Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
|---|
| Abortion Facility Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Abortion Reporting | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Abortion Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Abstinence Education | Abstinence Education Program | Melanie Jamison
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3807 |
| Abusable Volatile Chemicals | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Abusable Volatile Chemicals – Licensing | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program | AVC Licensing
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Academic Affairs, Office of | Academic Affairs | Wendy Andreades
| 512-776-3750 |
| Adolescent Health | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Carol Harvey
| 512-776-6965 |
| Adoption Records | Vital Statistics | Tricia Ziegler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Adoption Registry | Vital Statistics | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Adoption Statistics | Vital Statistics | Rick Sacratini
| 512-776-7385 |
| Adult Blood Lead Reporting (formerly Disease Reporting Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik
| 512-776-6317 |
| Chronic Disease Branch | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section
| Katherine Wiechnicki
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2209 |
| Adult Safety Net Program | Immunization Branch | Barbara Vassell | 800-252-9152 |
| Advertising/Marketing | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Air Quality (Indoor) | Indoor Air Quality Program | Peter Tadin
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Air Quality (Mold) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Peter Tadin
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Air Quality (Outdoor) | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | TCEQ
| 512-239-1000 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | Alzheimer's Disease | Lynda Taylor
| 512-776-6618 800-242-3399 |
| Ambulance Licensing | EMS Certification & Licensing, Regulatory Licensing Group | Anthony Luna Charlotte Sullivan
| 512-834-6671 512-834-6660, ext. 6730 |
| Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Amebiasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Wendy Albers Greg Leos | 512-776-6648 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 |
| Americans with Disabilities (ADA) | HHSC Civil Rights Office | HHSC Civil Rights
| 888-388-6332 TTY 877-432-7232 |
| Ancyclostomiasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Keeley Morris Eric Garza | 512-776-2847 512-776-6825 |
| Animal Bites | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Animal Control and Shelters | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Animal Control Officer Training | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson
| 512-776-6622 |
| Animal Diseases in Humans | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Animal Import Requirements | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson Eric Fonken
| 512-776-6622 512-776-2155 |
| Anthrax (Disease) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Anthrax (Natural) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Anthrax (Preparedness) | Community Preparedness Section | John Walker
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3025 |
| Antibiotic Resistance (MRSA, VRE and VRSA) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Jessica Ross Neil Pascoe Bobbiejean Garcia | 512-776-6356 512-776-6352 713-767-3404 |
| Architectural and Engineering Review for Health Facilities | Architectural Review Group Regulatory Licensing Unit | Rebecca Read
| 512-834-6649, ext. 2922 |
| Asbestos - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) & Texas Asbestos Health Protection Act (TAHPA) | Asbestos Program | Steven Uecker Andrea Dinieri Sydni Ligons | 512-834-5787, ext 2509 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-6787, ext 2320 |
| Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Andrea Dinieri Steven Uecker Sydni Ligons | 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-5787, ext 2509 512-834-6787, ext 2320 |
| Asbestos in Public Buildings | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Steven Uecker Andrea Dinieri Sydni Ligons | 512-834-5787, ext 2198 512-834-6787, ext 2316 512-834-6787, ext 2320 |
| Asbestos in Schools | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | AHERA
| 512-834-6787 |
| Asbestos Licensing | Asbestos Program | Environmental and Sanitation Licensing Group
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Asbestos Notifications | Inspections Unit – Environmental Health Notifications Group | Asbestos Notifications
| 512-834-6747 |
| Asbestos Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki Patel
| 512-776-2652 512-776-3723 |
| Asbestosis/Silicosis Reporting | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki Patel
| 512-776-2652 512-776-3723 |
| Ascariasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Keeley Morris Eric Garza | 512-776-2847 512-776-6825 |
| Assistance and Referral | STARS | Juanita Bullock
| 512-490-0558 |
| Asthma | Asthma Control Program | Carleigh Baudoin
| 512-776-2209 |
| Athletic Trainers Licensing | Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Athletic Trainers Licensing | 512-834-6615 |
| Audio Visuals | Audiovisual Library | Audiovisual Library
| 512-776-7260 |
| Audiologist Licensing | State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
| |
| Austin State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Carl Schock
| 512-419-2100 |
| Autism | Child and Adolescent Services | Michael Hastie
| 512-776-3186 |
| Avian Flu (Bird Flu) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Bacteriology (Bacteria) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Chun Wang Tamara Baldwin | 512-776-7592 512-776-6189 |
| Bed Bugs | Public Health Sanitation Program | Public Health Sanitation Program
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2306 |
| Bedding (Sleep Products) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | Center for Health Statistics | BRFSS
| 512-776-7261 |
| Big Spring State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Ed Moughon
| 432-268-7222 |
| Biosecurity of Food and Drugs | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Kevin Veal
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2164 |
| Biostatistics | Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit | Ketki Patel
| 512-776-3723 |
| Bioterrorism Grants (CDC and HRSA) | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements Sallile Conner
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements Beverly Ray
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Biothreat - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Emergency Preparedness Branch | Rahsaan Drumgoole Erin Swaney
| 512-776-6171 512-776-7185 |
| Bird Diseases Transmissible to Humans | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Bird Flu (Avian Flu Strain, H5N1) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Birth Defects Surveillance/Tracking and Research | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Mark Canfield Peter Langlois
| 512-776-7232, ext. 6158 512-776-7232, ext. 6183 |
| Birth Records | Vital Statistics | Registrar
| 512-776-7111 |
| Birth Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Birthing Center Data Reporting | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program | 512-776-7509 |
| Birthing Center Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Blood (Blood-borne Pathogens Regulations) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard Bobbiejean Garcia Jessica Ross | 512-776-2358 713-767-3404 512-776-6356 |
| Blood (Needleless System) | Medical Device Bloodborne Pathogen Control | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Bloodborne Pathogen Control Device Registration | Medical Device Bloodborne Pathogen Control | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6727, ext. 2413 |
| Bloodborne Pathogens/Contaminated Sharps Injuries | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard Bobbiejean Garcia Jessica Ross | 512-776-2358 713-767-3404 512-776-6356 |
| Body Piercing | Tattoo and Body Piercing Studios | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Body Piercing (Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit –Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig | 512-834-6727 |
| Booster Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas Mexico)-Governmental Relations | Border Health, Office of | R.J. Dutton
| 512-458-7675 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico) | Border Health, Office of | R.J. Dutton
| 512-458-7675 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico)-Binational Coordination | Border Health, Office of | Jose Moreira
| 512-776-7436 |
| Border Health Issues (Texas-Mexico)-Border Data | Border Health, Office of | Allison Banicki
| 512-776-6705 |
| Bottled and Vended Water | Bottled and Vended Water Program | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Bottled Water Operators Certificate of Exam (Food & Drug Licenses) | Regulatory Licensing Unit-Foods Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626, ext. 2646 |
| Botulism (Foodborne) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Greg Leos Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6393 |
| Botulism (Infant) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Greg Leos | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 |
| Breast Cancer Screening | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | BCCS Program
| 512-776-7796 |
| Breastfeeding | WIC Nutrition Breastfeeding | Tracy Erickson Julie Stagg | 512-341-4521 512-776-6917 |
| Brucellosis, Human | Zoonosis Control Branch | Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-3791 |
| Budget Issues (DSHS) | Chief Financial Officer | Chief Financial Officer
| 512-458-7640 |
| Camps for Youth (Health Inspections) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Youth Camp Program
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Campylobacteriosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Wendy Albers Greg Leos | 512-776-6648 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 |
| Cancer Clusters (Excess Cancer) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall
| 512-776-2652 |
| Cancer Statistics | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | John Arend Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6036 512-776-3422 Fax: 512-776-7681 |
| Cancer Studies Research | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch | John Arend Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6036 512-776-3422 Fax: 512-776-7681 |
| Cancer Surveillance (Texas Cancer Registry) | Cancer Epidemiology & Surveillance Branch
| CancerData@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Car Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Car Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 800-252-8255 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Nancy Eichner
| 512-776-3684 |
| Case Management/Social Work | Case Management | Case Management
| 512-776-2168 |
| Cemeteries | Vital Statistics | Field Services
| 512-776-3010 |
| Central Adoption Registry | Vital Statistics | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Certificates of Free Sale / Origin and Sanitation | Certificate of Free Sale Program | Foods Licensing Group
| 512-834-6626 |
| Cervical Cancer Screening | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Anna Osborne
| 512-776-3500 |
| Cervical Cancer Testing | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services | Anna Osborne
| 512-776-3500 |
| Chagas Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| Checkups | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Cheeses | Milk and Dairy Group | Milk and Dairy Group | 512-834-6758 |
| Chemical Contamination (Chemical Exposure) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Chemical Dependency Counselors | Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Chemical Threat - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Emergency Preparedness Branch | Rahsaan Drumgoole William "Bill" Edgemond
| 512-776-6171 512-776-7270 |
| Chemicals (Hazardous Workplace) | Hazard Communication Worker Right-to-Know Program | Hazard Communication Program
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Chempack | Community Preparedness Section | Michael Poole
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2084 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Chicken Pox (Varicella) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Kayla Boykins Eric Garza | 512-776-6577 512-776-3124 512-776-6825 |
| Child (Placing Agency Records) | Vital Statistics | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Child Fatality Review Program | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Amy Bailey
| 512-776-2311 |
| Child Fatality Review Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Child Health | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Ramah Leith | 512-776-2021 |
| Child Lead Reporting (formerly Disease Reporting Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Patrick Bloomingdale Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-2919 512-776-6704 |
| Child Passenger Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 |
| Child Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Child Seats | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-458-7111, ext. 2207 |
| Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Patrick Bloomingdale Teresa Willis
| 512-776-2919 512-776-6318 |
| Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) | Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program | CSHCN
| 512-776-7355 800-252-8023 |
| Chlamydia | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Chronic Wasting Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Civil Commitment | Office of Violent Sex Offender Management | Marsha McLane
| 512-834-4590 fax: 512-834-4595 |
| Civil Rights Issues | HHSC Civil Rights Office | HHSC Civil Rights
| 888-388-6332 TTY 877-432-7232 |
| Clinical Laboratories (CLIA) – Medicare Certification | Health Facility Compliance | Sue Zimmerman Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2603 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Closures (Fish/Oysters) | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Coccidiodomycosis-Valley/Desert Fever | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Michael Fischer
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6338 |
| Code Enforcement Officer Registration | Code Enforcement Officer Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Code Enforcement Officer Registration Program | 512-834-4512 |
| Cold/Flu Protection and Prevention | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Leslie Brannan Johnathan Ledbetter
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 |
| Communications | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Community Health Worker | Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program
| Beatrice Smith Adriana Flores
| 512-776-2808 512-776-3860 |
| Community Hospital Capital Improvement | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6700, ext. 6745 |
| Community Mental Health Centers (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Community Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements | 512-458-7219 |
| Comprehensive Cancer Control | Adult Health and Chronic Disease Branch | Carleigh Baudoin
| 512-776-2209 |
| Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation (Medicare Certification) | Health Facility Compliance Patient Quality Care Unit | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Confidentiality Issues | General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-7236 |
| Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Congenital Hypothyroidism | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Consumer Products (Hazardous) – Permits | Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Program (Licensing Unit) | Hazardous Products
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Consumer Products (Hazardous) – Regulations | Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Program (Policy and Standards) | Hazardous Products
| 512-834-6787, ext 2301 |
| Contact Lens Dispensing Permits | Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program | 512-834-4515 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injuries | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard
| 512-776-2358 |
| Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kelly Broussard
| 512-776-2358 |
| Continuing Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Continuing Medical Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Continuing Nursing Education | Academic Affairs | Laura Wells
| 512-776-3566 |
| Contracts | Contract Oversight and Support Section | Jovita Salinas
| 512-458-7484 |
| Controlled Substances Schedules | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Coronavirus | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Johnatan Ledbetter Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 512-776-6393 |
| Cosmetics | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Council on Sex Offender Treatment | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford
| 512-834-4551 |
| County Fact Sheets/Selected Health Facts | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| County Indigent Health | County Indigent Health | Mary Kathryn Zambrano
| 512-776-6467 |
| Crabmeat Safety | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6338 512-776-6393 |
| Crisis Stabilization Units (Hospital Licensing) | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Cyclospora | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Wendy Albers Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6326 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Cysticercosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-3791 |
| Dairy (Milk Safety) | Milk and Dairy Group | Milk and Dairy Group
| 512-834-6758 |
| Dairy Licenses | Milk and Dairy Group | Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Death Records | Vital Statistics | Registrar
| 512-776-7111 |
| Death Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Deer Processing | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety
| 512-834-6753 |
| Demographics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Dengue Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Designation/Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)/Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-2172 |
| Diabetes (Health Promotion) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Legislation) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Program/Council) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (State/National Programs) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Statistics) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diet Pills (Prescription) | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Dietary Supplements | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Dietitian Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Bobbe Alexander | 512-834-6628, ext. 6791 |
| Diphtheria | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza Kayla Boykins | 512-776-2632 512-776-6825 512-776-3124 |
| Disaster Response | Community Preparedness Section | Rick Bays
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Disease Cluster Investigations | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Ketki Patel Emily Hall | 512-776-3723 512-776-2652 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Susan Tennyson
| 512-834-6687 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Greg Leos Irina Cody | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6611 |
| Disease Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6393 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Adult Lead | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik
| 512-776-6317 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational) – Pesticide Exposure | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Leticia Nogueira Jose Velez
| 512-776-6704 512-776-6216 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Silicosis and Asbestos | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki.Patel
| 512-776-2652 512-776-3723 |
| Disinterment (Removing human remains) | Vital Statistics | Belinda Cochran
| 512-776-2668 |
| Division for Regulatory Licensing | Division for Regulatory Licensing | John Huss
| 512-834-6660 |
| Divorce Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Managment Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination –Stakeholder Info Group | Adrienne Kitchen Chelsea Jones
| 512-834-6700, ext. 2380 512-834-6700, ext. 2363 |
| Drinking Water, Chemical Contamination | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tom Ellerbee Josh Duty | 512-776-6039 512-776-6641 |
| Drinking Water Fluoridation | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Deba Dutta Larry Rice | 512-776-2855 512-776-2132 |
| Drownings/Near Drownings | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao Erin Kader
| 512-776-3575 512-776-2808 |
| Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee | MH/SA | Natalie Furdek
| 512-206-4704 |
| Drug Distribution Compliance | Drugs Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Distribution Wholesale | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Distributor/Manufacturer Enforcement Actions | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Alan Morris | 512-834-6665, ext. 6621 |
| Drug Distributor/Manufacturer Licenses | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drug & Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Drug Information/Labeling | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Manufacturing | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Safety/Adverse Events | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| DSHS Council | DSHS Council | Carolyn Bivens
| 512-776-2370 |
| Dual Diagnosis Services, Mental Health and Substance Abuse | MH/SA - Program Services | Tina Hosaka
| 512-206-5205 |
| DWI/Drug Offender/Minor in Possession Education | Offender Education Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford
| 512-834-4551 800-832-9623 800-832-9623 |
| Dyslexia Therapist and Dyslexia Practioner Licensing | Dyslexia Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Dyslexia Program | 512-834-6656 |
| E. Coli (Foods) Manufactured Foods | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| E. Coli (Foods) Meat Safety | Meat Safety Assurance | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| E.Coli Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6611 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Ear Piercing | Tattoo and Body Piercing Studios | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Eastern Equine Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Eating Disorders (Weight Control Diets Nutrition for Teens) | WIC Program | Mary Van Eck
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3484 |
| Ehrlichiosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| El Paso Psychiatric Center-Mental Health | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Zulema Carrillo
| 915-534-5412 |
| Electric and Magnetic Fields | Inspection Unit – Radiation Branch Incident Investigation Program | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 512-834-6770 |
| Electromagnetic Frequency | Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | Gary Smith
| 512-239-6460 |
| Electronic Benefits Transfers (EBT) WIC | WIC Program | Sandra Bass
| 512-341-4750 |
| Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Joseph Schmider Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6737 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Emergency Plans | Community Preparedness Section | Martha Gonzalez
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Emergency Preparedness | Community Preparedness Section | Bruce Clements
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| EMS Certification for EMS Certification for Individuals, Emergency Care Attendant (ECA),Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic, and Providers (Licensing) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – EMS and Certification Licensing Group | Anthony Luna
| 512-834-6671 |
| EMS Complaints Providers/Individuals EMS/Ambulance | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and A Central Group | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS Continuing Education | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and QA Central Group | Joseph Schmider Brett Hart
| 512-834-6737 512-834-6731 |
| EMS Criminal Investigations | Patient Quality Care Unit – EMS Compliance and QA Central Group | Brett Hart Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6731 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| EMS Disciplinary Actions | EMS/Trauma Systems | Ademola Olufemi Terri Vernon | 512-834-6665, ext. 2690 512-834-6665, ext. 4549 |
| EMS for Children | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Joseph Schmider
| 512-834-67347 |
| EMS Regional Issues | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Derek Jakovich Joseph Schmider
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6737 |
| EMS Rules | Patient Quality Care Unit Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Derek Jakovich Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 512-834-6745 |
| EMS-Ambulance Providers Administrative Penalties | Enforcement Unit – Patient Quality Care Unit | Terri Vernon Ademola Olufemi | 512-834-6665, ext. 4549 512-834-6665, ext. 2690 |
| EMS/Trauma Funding Programs/Grants | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| EMS/Trauma Systems/Regional Advisory Council (RACs) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Encephalitis (Arboviral) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Encephalitis (Bacterial or Viral) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Encephalitis (mosquito-borne) | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Complaints | Patient Quality Care Unit | Health Facility Complaints
| 800-832-9623 |
| End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Enforcement (Asbestos, Lead, Mold, AVC, THCA, Bedding, HazProducts, Pools, Tattoo & Body, Youth Camps, Pesticide) | Division for Regulatory Services – Enforcement Unit | Larry Raper
| 512-834-6665, ext. 2523 |
| Enforcement (Food and Drug, Meat, Medical Devices, Retail Food, Salvage, Seafood, Radiation, Emergency Medical Services, Professional Licensing, Patient Quaility Care) | Division for Regulatory Services – Enforcement Unit | Ademola Olufemi | 512-834-6665, ext. 2690 |
| Environmental Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Ephedrine | PSQA Unit –Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Ephedrine – Certificate of Authority (License Applications) | Regulatory Licensing Unit-Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig
| 512-834-6727, ext. 6727 |
| Epi Case Criteria Guide | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Nadia Bekka Laura Tabony
| 512-776-6364 512-776-2663 |
| EPI-1 Notifiable Conditions Reporting Form | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony
| 512-776-2663 |
| Epidemiology (Noninfectious) | Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section | Heidi Bojes Leticia Nogueira Ketki Patel | 512-776-6351 512-776-6704 512-776-3723 |
| Epilepsy | Epilepsy Services | Karen Gray
| 512-776-2752 |
| Exotic Game (Slaughter/Process Inspection) (For Deer, see Deer Processing) | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Exposure from Chemical Releases and Waste Sites | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Falls | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao Jose Velez | 512-776-3575 512-776-6216 |
| Family Planning | Family Planning | Claudia Himes-Crayton
| 512-776-3861 |
| Farmworkers Pesticide Exposures | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jose Velez Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6216 512-776-6704 |
| FDA-ORA-U (Drugs & Food) | Foods Group/Drug & Medical Devices Group | Catherine Thibodaux | 512-834-6670, ext. 2152 |
| Federally Qualified Health Centers in Texas | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-2172 |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Morgan Wilson
| 512-776-7232, ext. 2814 |
| Fetal Death Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program | 512-776-7509 |
| Fires/Burns | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao
| 512-776-3575 |
| Fish Contamination | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Fitters and Dispensers of Hearing Instruments | State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Katie Brice | 512-834-6628, ext. 6780 |
| Flu (Influenza) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Johnathan Ledbetter Robert Russin Lesley Brannan | 512-776-6223 512-776-6242 512-776-6354 |
| Flu/Cold Protection and Prevention | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Johnathan Ledbetter
| 512-776-7676 512-776-6223 |
| Fluoridation | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Deba Dutta Larry Rice | 512-776-2855 512-776-2132 |
| Folic Acid | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Morgan Wilson
| 512-776-7232, ext. 2814 |
| Folic Acid | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Food (Retail Food Training – Certified Food Manager) | Certified Food Manager Program | Food and Drug Safety
| 512-834-6753 |
| Food (Retail Food Training – Food Handler Program) | Food Handler Program | Food and Drug Safety
| 512-834-6727 |
| Food (Safety) | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Food Allergies | School Health Program | Anita Wheeler-Hill | 512-776-2909 |
| Food Complaints | Foods Group | Foods Group Complaint Coordinator | 512-834-6670 |
| Food Compliance Matters | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Food Enforcement Actions | Foods Group | Ademola Olufemi | 512-834-6665, ext. 2690 |
| Food Establishments – Retail | Retail Food Establishments | Retail Food Establishments Program | 512-834-6753 |
| Food Irradiation – Foods Group | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Food Irradiation – Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | 512-834-6760 |
| Food Irradiation – Radiation Control Program | Radiation Control Program | Radiation Control Program | 512-834-6770 |
| Food Irradiation – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | 512-834-6757 |
| Food Irradiation Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Machine Source Group | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Food Labeling | Foods Group | Foods Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Food Licensing | Food and Drug Licensing Group | Foods Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Food Handler Certification Program | Food Handler Program | Food Handler Program | 512-834-6727 |
| Food Manager Certification Program | Food Manager Program | Food Manager Program
| 512-834-6753 |
| Food Manufacturing and Wholesale Regulations | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Food Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses | Foods Group | Foods Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Food Meat, Poultry Inspection | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Food Salvage Establishments and Brokers | Salvage Establishments and Brokers | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Food Salvage Establishments and Brokers Licenses | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Foods Licensing Group & Food and Drug Safety Licensing Group | Rosemary Saldiva | 512-834-6626, ext. 2411 |
| Food Service (Retail) Licenses | Retail Food Establishments | Food Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| Foodborne Illness Disease Outbreaks | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Kevin Veal
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2164 |
| Foodborne Illness Disease Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Greg Leos Irina Cody | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6611 |
| Foodborne Illnesses/Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Greg Leos Irina Cody | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6611 |
| Foreign Medical Graduates - J-1 Visas | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-2172 |
| Formaldehyde | Indoor Air Quality Program | Annabelle Dillard
| 512-834-6787, ext. 6608 |
| Forms - Pinnacle System | Pinnacle Online Ordering | Noel Lashbrook
| 512-487-3498 |
| Forms - Pinnacle System | General Reference | DSHS Library Services
| 512-776-7260 |
| Forms - Pinnacle System | HHS Warehouse | Jensen Roberts
| 512-250-7116 |
| Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facilities | Facility Licensing Group | Facility Licensing Group | 512-834-6648 |
| Freon (Leaking) | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | TCEQ
| 512-239-1000 |
| Frozen Desserts Licensing | Milk and Dairy Group | Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Frozen Desserts Regulations | PSQA Unit – Milk Group | Gene Wright
| 512-834-6758, ext. 2570 |
| Funding Opportunities | Funding Information Center | Funding Information Center | 512-776-7684 |
| Galactosemia | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Gastroenteritis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Greg Leos
| 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 |
| General Sanitation | Public Health Sanitation Program | Public Health Sanitation Program
| 512-834-6753 x2306 |
| Genetics | Genetic Screening and Clinical Care Coordination | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Center for Health Statistics | GIS Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| German Measles (Rubella) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza
| 512-776-7676 512-776-6825 |
| Glues and Paints (Abusable) – Permits | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program (AVC)
| AVC Permitting
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Glues and Paints (Abusable) – Regulations | Abusable Volatile Chemicals (AVC) Program | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Gonorrhea | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination | Jane Guerrero Starla McLaurin
| 512-834-6745 512-834-6700, ext. 2457 |
| Grand Rounds | Academic Affairs | Mary Soto
| 512-776-6559 |
| Grants (Funding Opportunities) | Funding Information Center | Funding Information Center
| 512-776-7684 |
Grants-DSHS seeking funds:
*Tobacco Settlement Distribution | | Janne Livermore
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6564 |
| Grocery Stores | Retail Food Establishments | Retail Food Establishments Program
| 512-834-6753 |
| Group A Streptococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Group B Streptococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Guillain-Barre Syndrome | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6393 |
| Guns/Firearms | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao
| 512-776-3575 |
| Handwashing Techniques to Prevent and Control Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Jessica Ross Neil Pascoe
| 512-776-6356 512-776-6352 |
| Hansens Disease (Leprosy) | Hansen's Disease Program |
| 512-533-3000 |
| Hantavirus | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Inger Vilcins | 512-776-2155 512-776-3791 |
| Hazard Communication Worker Right-to-Know Program | Hazard Communication Worker Right-to-Know Program | Hazard Communication Program | 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Hazardous Consumer Products Registration – Regulations | Hazardous Consumer Products Program | Hazardous Products
| 512-834-6600 ext. 2174 |
| Hazardous Consumer Products | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Jessica Ross Bobbiejean Garcia | 713-767-6352 512-776-6356 713-767-3404 |
| Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Emily Engelhardt Jennifer Vinyard Shawn Tupy
| 512-776-3110 512-776-3773 512-776-6355 |
| Health Facility Licensing and Compliance | Patient Quality Care Unit Health Facility Compliance | Patrick Waldron Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Health Professional Recruiting | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-776-7518 ext. 2127 |
| Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations | Texas Primary Care Office | Amanda Maedgen
| 512-776-2179 |
| Health Professions Resources Center | Center for Health Statistics |
| |
| Health Service Regions | Regional and Local Services | David Gruber Dan Smith
| 512-834-4555 512-834-4555, Ext. 2415 |
| Health Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Health Status Indicators | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Health, Social, Education and Genetic History Reports (HSEGH) | Central Adoption Registry | Tricia Zeigler
| 512-776-7388 |
| Healthcare Facility Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Health/Safety Code | General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-7236 |
| Healthy Texas Babies | Office of Title V and Family Health | Aisling McGuckin | 512-776-2746 |
| Hearing Instrument Licensing Fitting and Dispensing | State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Katie Brice | 512-834-6628, ext. 6780 |
| Hearing Services (Pediatric) | Pediatric Audiology | TEHDI Program | 512-776-7726 |
| Heart Disease | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Nancy Eichner
| 512-776-3684 |
| Heirloom Birth Certificates | Vital Statistics | Sandra Cooper
| 512-776-6337 |
| Hemophilia Services | Hemophilia Assistance Program | Hemophilia
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Hemorrhagic Fevers | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6393 |
| Hepatitis A | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Rachel Wiseman
| 512-776-3124 512-776-2632 |
| Hepatitis B | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Kayla Boykins Rachel Wiseman
| 512-776-3124 512-776-2632 |
| Hepatitis B (Perinatal) | Immunization Branch | Immunization Branch
| 800-252-9152 |
| Hepatitis C | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lauren.Hoffman
| 512-776-2358 |
| Hepatitis-Others | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner Rachel Wiseman
| 512-776-6393 512-776-2632 |
| Herbs (Dietary Supplements) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) | HIPAA | HIPAA Privacy Officer
| 512-776-7111 |
| Historically Underutilized Business | Historically Underutilized Business | HUB-Contact
| 512-458-7394 |
| HIT Policy | HIT Policy | Steve Eichner | 512-776-7180 |
| HIV and STD | HIV/STD Program | Felipe Rocha
| 512-206-5715 |
| HIV Medications | Texas HIV Medication Program
| Rachel Sanor
| 512-533-3002 |
| HIV/STD Clinical Activities | HIV/STD Program | Janina Vazquez
| 512-533-3095 |
| HIV/STD Disease Statistics and Trends | HIV/STD Program | Rebecca Filipowicz
| 512-533-3101 |
| HIV/STD Prevention and Care Services Activities | HIV/STD Program | Shelley Lucas
| 512-533-3109 |
| HIV/STD Public Information | HIV/STD Program | Greg Beets
| 512-206-5546 |
| HIV/STD Training | HIV/STD Program | Mary McIntosh
| 512-533-3000 |
| Homeopathic Medicine | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Hospital (Annual Survey) | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| 512-776-3312 |
| Hospital Complaints | Patient Quality Care Unit - Facility Complaints | Health Facility Complaints
| 888-973-0022 |
| Hospital Construction | Health Facility Program | David McCormick
| 512-458-7242 |
| Hospital Data - Community Benefits | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| 512-776-3312 |
| Hospital Designation (Trauma) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Elizabeth Stevenson
| 512-834-6600 |
| Hospital Discharge Data | Center for Health Statistics | Bruce Burns
| 512-776-7261 |
| Hospital Leasing | Leasing Office | Tim Horn
| 512-458-7780 |
| Hospital Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Hospital Non-Profit Charity Care Reporting | Center for Health Statistics | Dwayne Collins
| 512-776-3312 |
| Hotel/Motel/RV Park | Public Health Sanitation Program | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2306 |
| Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| Human Resources | CAPPS |
| 512-424-6849 |
| Hyperthermia | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Hypothyroidism - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Susan Tanksley
| 512-776-7430 |
| ICD-10 | ICD-10 | ICD10@dshs.state.tx.us | |
| ImmTrac, the Texas Immunization Registry | Immunization Branch | Kevin Allen
| 512-776-6603 |
| Immunization General Information | Immunization Branch | Rey Velazquez
| 800-348-9158 |
| Immunization Partnerships (Texas Immunization Stakeholder Working Group, Immunization Coalitions, Community Outreach) | Immunizations Branch | Linc Allen
| 800-252-9152 |
| Immunizations – Coalition Building | Immunization Branch | Linc Allen | 800-252-9152 |
| Impetigo | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Sky Newsome
| 512-776-7328 |
| Imported Crab Meat | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Imported Foods | Foods Group | Foods Group Foods Licensing Group | 512-834-6670 |
| Indigent Health Care | County Indigent Health Care | Connie Berry
| 512-776-2172 |
| Industrial Hygiene Chemical and Physical Workplace Hazards | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki Patel
| 512-776-2652 |
| Infant Mortality | Office of Title V and Family Health | Amy Bailey Aisling McGuckin
| 512-776-2311 512-776-2746 |
| Infant Mortality Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Influenza (Flu) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Johnathan Ledbetter Bob Russin Lesley Brannan | 512-776-6223 512-776-6242 512-776-6354 |
| Influenza Vaccine | Immunization Branch | Barbara Vassell
| 800-252-9152 |
| Information | Medical and Research Library |
| |
| Informed Consent (Texas Medical Disclosure Panel) | Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams | 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Inhalant Abuse | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program | Gary Barg
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2183 |
| Inhalant Abuse Products, Licensing | Abusable Volatile Chemicals Program | AVC Permits
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2440 |
| Injuries | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | Dan Dao Erin Kader
| 512-776-3575 512-776-2808 |
| Inspection Stations | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Inspections-Health Facility Program Inspections/Surveys/Investigations-Health Facility/Hospitals | Health Facility Program | Derek Jakovich
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2374 |
| Institutional Review Board #1 for DSHS-affiliated social, behavioral, educational, and health science research | Institutional Review Board #1 (reviews DSHS-affiliated social, behavioral, educational, and health science research)
| Sandra Borucki
| 1-888-777-5037 |
| Institutional Review Board #2 for DSHS-affiliated mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse research | Institutional Review Board #2
(reviews DSHS-affiliated mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse research) | Abby Cameron | 512-206-5730 |
| Integrated Health Care Delivery (Service Delivery Integration) | Title V and Health Resources Development Office | Marjorie Doubleday
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3028 |
| International Travel | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch |
| 512-776-2514 |
| Internet/Intranet | Web Services | Webmaster
| 512-776-2243 |
| Internship | Academic Affairs | Wendy Andreades
| 512-776-3750 |
| Investigation and Surveillance Forms | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony
| 512-776-2663 |
| J-1 Visa Waiver Program (Eligibility) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| J-1 Visa Waiver Program (Placement Assistance) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| Kawasaki Syndrome | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6393 |
| Kerrville State Hospital (Mental Health) | MH/SA - Hospital Services Section | Stephen Anfinson
| 830-896-2211 |
| KI (Potassium Iodide) | Division for Regulatory Services | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Kidney (End Stage Renal Disease Facility Licensing) | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512 834-6646, ext. 2210 |
| Kidney Health Care Program Training | Kidney Health Care | Kidneynet
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Kidney Health Services | Kidney Health Care | Kidneynet
| 512-776-7150 800-222-3986 |
| Laboratory | Laboratory Services Section | Grace Kubin
| 512-776-7318 Fax: 512-776-7294 |
| Laboratory (Chemical and Radiological Analysis) | Laboratory Services Section, Environmental Sciences Branch | Virginia Kammerdiener Carl Hogberg | Fax 512-776-7757 |
| Laboratory (Lab Building Issues) | Laboratory Services Section | Sherry Clay
| 512-776-7318 Fax: 512-776-7294 |
| Laboratory Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6393 |
| Laboratory Supplies for Newborn Screening | Laboratory Services Section, Quality Assurance Unit | Dorothy Breeden
| 512-776-2674 |
| Language Services (for DSHS programs only) | Language Services | Avelina Martinez
| 512-776-6424 |
| Lasers and Laser Hair Removal Registration | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation and Safety Licensing Branch, Machine Source Group | Shannon Dove-Edson Tarre Calloway | 512-834-6688, ext. 2243 512-834-6688, ext. 2228 |
| Lead (Consumer Products) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Lead (Exposure and Health Effects) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik
| 800-776-6317 |
| Lead (Food) | PSQA Unit – Foods Group | Julie Luman
| 512-834-6670, ext. 2189 |
| Lead (Paint) | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Peter Tadin
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Lead (Poisoning Toxicology) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Laura Morse
| 512-776-3004 |
| Lead Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Environmental and Sanitation Licensing Group | Mary Ann Paredes Heather Muehr
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2174 |
| Leasing | Leasing Office | Tim Horn
| 512-458-7780 |
| Legionnaire's Disease/Legionellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Johnathan Ledbetter | 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 |
| Legislation | Government Affairs Unit | Nick Dauster
| 512-776-3880 |
| Leishmaniasis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-3791 |
| Leprosy | Hansen's Disease Program | Linda Brown
| 512-458-7447 |
| Leprosy (Hansens Disease) | TB/HIV/STD Unit | Linda Brown Kirbi Woods
| 512-458-7447 |
| Leptospirosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Library Services (Audiovisual Library) | Audiovisual Library | Audiovisual Library
| 512-776-7260 |
| Library Services (Early Childhood Intervention/Rehabilitation Collection) | Audiovisual Library | Audiovisual Library
| 512-776-7260 |
| Library Services (Funding Information Center) | Funding Information Center | Funding Information Center
| 512-776-7684 |
| Library Services (Medical and Research Library) | Medical and Research Library | Medical and Research Library
| 512-776-7559 |
| Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors | Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Limestone County Community Health Assessment | Center for Program Coordination, Policy and Innovation | Mike Gilliam
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2708 |
| Listeriosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Greg Leos Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6611 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Literature and Publications - Pinnacle System | Pinnacle Online Ordering | Noel Lashbrook
| 512-487-3498 |
| Literature and Publications - Pinnacle System | General Reference | DSHS Library Services
| 512-776-7260 |
| Literature and Publications - Pinnacle System | HHS Warehouse | Jensen Roberts
| 512-250-7116 |
| Local Health Authority | Regional and Local Services | David Gruber Dan Smith
| 512-834-4555 512-834-4555 Ext. 2415 800-248-4083 |
| Low Level Radioactive Waste | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radioactive Material Group | Richard Ratliff
| 512-834-6679 |
| Lyme Disease | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane
| 512-533-3078 |
| MAB (Medical Advisory Board)-driver license | Medical Advisory Board | Patricia Bryars Anthony Luna | 512-834-6739 512-834-6671 |
| Mad Cow Disease, See also Bovine spongioform encephalitis (BSE) and Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Michael Fischer Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-6338 512-776-6393 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Jeff Mansell
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2326 |
| Malaria | Zoonosis Control Branch | Inger Vilcins
| 512-776-3791 |
| Mammography - Compliance/Inspections | Inspection Unit – Mammography Group | Jerry Cogburn
| 512-834-6747, ext. 2037 |
| Mammography Regulation (Certification & Accreditation) | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation Safety Licensing Branch - Radiation Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 |
| Marketing/Advertising | Communications Unit | Melissa Loe
| 512-776-7400 |
| Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing | 512-834-6657 |
| Marriage Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy School and Massage Therapy Establishment Registration | Massage Therapy Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Massage Therapy Licensing | 512-834-6616 |
| Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology | Family and Community Health Services (FCHS) Division | Natalie Archer Karen Ruggiero
| 512-776-2870 512-776-2749 |
| Maternal Health | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Evelyn Interis Julie Stagg | 512-776-2942 512-776-6917 |
| Meaningful Use | Meaningful Use | Meaningful Use | 512-776-2972 |
| Measles (Rubeola) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza Kayla Boykins
| 512-776-2632 512-776-6825 512-776-3124 |
| Meat and Poultry | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit
| 512-834-6760 |
| Medical Advisory Board (MAB) (Reviews Driver's Licenses for Medical Reasons) | Medical Advisory Board | Patricia Bryars
| 512-834-6739 |
| Medical Council | Center for Program Coordination | Mike Messinger
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3745 |
| Medical Device Distributor and Manufacturers Licenses | Medical Device Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Medical Devices | Medical Device Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Medical Gas Regulations | Drugs Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Medical Physicists Licensing | Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Email Medical Physicists Licensing | 512-834-6628 |
| Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification | Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Email Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification | 512-834-6628 |
| Medical Serology – Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Pushker Raj Karen Teague | 512-776-7592 512-776-7760 512-776-7514 |
| Medical Waste | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Medicare (Certification) | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance Health Care Quality Section | Renee Clack
| 512-834-6700 |
| Meningitis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Meningococcal Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Lesley Brannan Johnathan Ledbetter
| 512-776-6354 512-776-6223 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccine | Immunizations | Margaret Horton | 800-292-9152 |
| Mental Health - General Information | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Carissa Dougherty
| 512-206-5347 |
| Mental Health - Texas Resilience & Recovery | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Trina Ita
| 512-206-5237 |
| Mental Health - Training and Technical Assistance | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Robert Dole
| 512-206-5016 |
| Mental Health Community Centers | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Rod Swan
| 512-206-5264 |
| Mental Health Services, Disaster | Texas P.R.I.D.E. | Chance Freeman
| 512-206-5516 |
| Mercury Poisoning | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
| |
| Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Jessica Ross Bobbiejean Garcia | 512-776-6352 512-776-6356 713-767-3404 |
| Microbiology | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater
| 512-776-7592 Fax: 512-776-7452 |
| Microwaves | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6747, ext. 2006 |
| Midwifery | Texas Midwifery Board Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
| |
| Migration for Birth Data | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program | 512-776-7261 |
| Milk & Dairy Licenses | Milk and Dairy Group | Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Milk and Dairy Regulations | Milk and Dairy Group | Milk and Dairy Group
| 512-834-6758 |
| Mold Assessor, Remediator, Lab, and Training Course Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Environmental & Sanitation Licensing Group | Edith Olvera Leonard Rivas
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2174 |
| Mold Regulations and Complaints | Mold Program | Mold
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Mosquito identification and testing | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bethany Bolling Mary D'Anton
| 512-776-6920 512-776-2454 |
| Motor Vehicle Injury Data | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao
| 512-776-3575 |
| Motor Vehicle Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 800-252-8255 |
| Mumps | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Eric Garza Brandy Tidwell Rachel Wiseman | 512-776-6825 512-776-6577 512-776-2632 |
| Naegleria | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman
| 512-776-6339 |
| Narcotics (Schedule of Controlled Substances) | PSQA Unit – Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Karen Tannert
| 512-834-6755, ext. 2350 |
| Narcotics Treatment Program Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6600, ext 2118 |
| National Health Service Corps (NHSC) | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-776-7518 ext. 2127 |
| National Interest Waivers (NIW) | Texas Primary Care Office | Clay Daniel
| 512-776-7518 ext. 3862 |
| NBS (NEDSS Base System) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Doug Hamaker
| 512-776-3274 |
| Neural Tube Defects | Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance | Mark Canfield
| 512-776-7232, ext. 6158 |
| Newborn Hearing Screening | TEHDI Program | TEHDI Program
| 512-776-7726 |
| Newborn Screening | Health Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Newborn Screening - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Rachel Lee
| 512-776-7158 |
| Newborn Screening Genetic Consulting | Genetic Screening and Clinical Care Coordination | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| News Media Relations | Press Office | Christine Mann
| 512-776-7119 |
| Noise Levels Workplace | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Michael Minoia
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| North Texas State Hospital Mental Health | Hospital Services Section | James Smith
| 940-552-4000 |
| NorthSTAR | NorthSTAR | Mary Sowder
| 512-206-5470 |
| Norwalk and Norwalk-Like | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Irina Cody Greg Leos | 512-776-7676 512-776-6611 512-776-3182 |
| Notifiable Conditions (Disease Reporting) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Nadia Bekka
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6364 |
| Nuclear Power Plants/Emergency Response | Inspection Unit – Environmental Monitoring Group | Bob Free
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2022 |
| Nutrition | WIC Program | Rachel Edwards Shirley Ellis
| 512-341-4763 512-341-4570 |
| Nutrition and Obesity Prevention | Obesity Prevention Program | Brett Spencer
| 512-776-6161 |
| Obesity | Obesity Prevention Program | Brett Spencer
| 512-776-6161 |
| Occupational Diseases: Asbestos, Silicosis, Pesticide, Occupational Lead Poisoning | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Jose Velez Ketki Patel | 512-776-7269 512-776-7269 |
| Occupational Health | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jose Velez Ketki Patel
| 512-776-6216 |
| Offender Education | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit - Offender Education Group | Offender Education Group-Course Referrals Offender Education Group-Certification
| 1-800-832-9623 ext 2910 512-834-6628 ext 2129 |
| Office of General Counsel | Office of General Counsel | Lisa Hernandez
| 512-776-7236 |
| Open Records - Public Information Requests | Office of General Counsel | Open Records
| 512-776-6966 |
| Optician Registration | Opticians' Registry Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Opticians’ Registry Program | 512-834-6661 |
| Oral/Dental Health/Texas Health Steps Dental | Oral Health Branch | Oral Health Program
| 512-776-3001 |
| Orthotist/Prosthetist Licensing | Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Yvonne Feinleib
| 512-834-6628, ext. 4521 |
| Out of Hospital - Do Not Resuscitate | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – Stakeholder Info Group | Adrienne Kitchen Chelsea Jones
| 512-834-6700, ext. 2380 512-834-6700, ext. 2363 |
| Outpatient Physical Therapy or Speech Pathology Services – Medicare Certification | Patient Quality Care Unit - Health Facility Compliance | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Oxygen | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Oysters | PSQA Unit – Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Kirk Wiles
| 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Parasitology (Parasites) – Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Chun Wang Cathy Snider | 512-776-7592 512-776-2552 512-776-7560 |
| Parish Nurse Connection | Regional and Local Services | Rita Carlson Dorothy Chesley
| 512-834-4555, Ext. 2055 512-834-4555, Ext. 2079 |
| Passenger Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Paternity Records | Vital Statistics | Davetta Gregg
| 512-776-2544 |
| PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Nicole Bower
| 512-838-4341 |
| Patient Bill of Rights | Facility Licensing Group | Pamela Adams
| 512 834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Perfusionist Licensing | Perfusionists Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Michael De La Cruz | 512-834-6628, ext. 2705 |
| Perinatal Health Program | Office of Title V and Family Health | Evelyn Interis
| 512-776-2942 |
| Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) Providers | Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) Providers Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Pertussis (Whooping Cough) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Eric Garza Rachel Wiseman | 512-776-6577 512-776-6825 512-776-2632 |
| Pesticide Applicators Regulations | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Roy Burton
| 512-834-6773, ext. 2302 |
| Pesticide Exposure Reporting (Occupational) | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jose Velez Leticia Nogueira
| 512-776-6216 512-776-6704 |
| Pesticide Exposure, Health Impact and Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Laura Morse
| 512-776-3004 |
| Pesticides in Food | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Pests/Unsanitary Conditions (Public Nuisance Complaints) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Pet Entry/Import Requirements | Zoonosis Control Branch | Pam Wilson | 512-776-6622 |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacy Branch | Kelani Condon
| 512-776-2495 |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Biochemistry and Genetics Branch | Susan Tanksley
| 512-776-7430 |
| Physical Activity | Obesity Prevention Program | Brett Spencer
| 512-776-6161 |
| Physical Activity and Wellness | Obesity Prevention Program | Brett Spencer Kristy Hansen
| 512-776-6161 512-776-3053 |
| Physician Education Loan Repayment Program (PELRP) State Loan Repayment Program | Texas Primary Care Office | Cindy Ellis
| 512-458-2127 |
| Pinworms | Laboratory | Cathy Snider
| 512-776-7560 |
| Plague In Humans and Animals | Zoonosis Control Branch | Kathy Parker
| 512-776-2886 |
| Pneumococcal Disease | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Polio | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza Kayla Boykins | 512-776-2632 512-776-6825 512-776-3124 |
| Population | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Portable X-ray Services (Medicare Certification) | Patient Quality Care Unit – Health Facility Compliance | Patrick Waldron
| 512-834-6650, ext. 2625 |
| Potassium Iodide (KI) | Division for Regulatory Services | Richard Ratliff Robert Free
| 512-834-6679 512-834-6679, ext. 2022 |
| Poultry and Meat | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | 512-834-6760 |
| Practicum | Academic Linkages | Rick Danko
| 512-776-7375 |
| PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) | Health Data Assessment and Reporting | Tanya Guthrie
| 512-776-2935 |
| Pregnancy High Risk | Case Management | Case Management
| 512-776-2168 |
| Pregnancy Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Pregnancy, Parenting and Depression | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Prenatal Services | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Julie Stagg
| 512-776-6917 |
| Press Office | Press Office | Christine Mann
| 512-776-7119 |
| Preventive Medicine Residency | Academic Linkages | Anita Buck
| 512-776-7276 |
| Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Primary Health Care | Primary Health Care | Karen Gray
| 512-776-2752 |
| Privacy (HIPAA) | HIPAA | HIPAA Privacy Officer
| 512-458-7313 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Family and Community Health Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Bill Walk
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Mental Health and Substance Abuse Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Blanca Flores
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Preparedness Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Janet Childers
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Prevention Contracts) | Client Services Contract Unit | Vonda White
| 512-458-7470 |
| Procurement of Client Services (Regulatory Contracts or Contracts for Special Projects) | Client Services Contract Unit | Melissa Anderson
| 512-458-7470 |
| Product Safety Licensing | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Chemical and Product Safety Licensing Group | Hoyt Henry
| 512-834-6603, ext. 2432 |
| Product Safety Regulations | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Dana Shuler
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Professional Counselor Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Bobbe Alexander | 512-834-6628, ext. 6791 |
| Professional Licensing Complaints & Investigations | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit – Investigations & Quality Assurance Group | Jeri Bailey
| 512-834-6628, ext. 4547 |
| Promotor(a) Program | Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program | Beatrice Smith Adriana Flores
| 512-776-2808 512-776-3860 |
| Prostate Cancer | Comprehensive Cancer Program | Carleigh Baudoin
| 512-776-2209 |
| Prosthetist Licensing | Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Yvonne Feinleib | 512-834-6628, ext. 4521 |
| Provider Education-Texas Health Steps | Texas Health Steps-Online Provider Education | THSteps Online Education | 512-776-3045 |
| Pseudoephedrine Sales – Certificate of Authority (Licenses) | Regulatory Licensing Unit - Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | Jody Randig | 512-834-6727, ext. 2492 |
| Psittacosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Psychiatric Hospital Licensing | Facility Licensing Group | Facility Licensing Group | 512-834-6648 |
| Public Health Funding & Policy Committee | Regional & Local Health Services | Glenna Laughlin | 512-776-7770 |
| Public Health Nuisances | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Public Health Nursing | Divisions for Regional and Local Health Services | Monica Hughes
| 512-776-7770 |
| Public Information - Media | Press Office | Carrie Williams
| 512-776-7119 |
| Public Information - Open Records Requests | Office of General Counsel | Open Records
| 512-776-6966 |
| Public Lodging (Hotel/Motel) | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Product Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753, ext. 2306 |
| Public Restrooms | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6753 x2306 |
| Public Swimming Pools | PSQA Unit – Public Health Sanitation & Consumer Products Safety Group | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2306 |
| Public Swimming Pools and Spas | Public Swimming Pools and Spas | Katie Moore
| 512-834-6788, ext. 2305 |
| Publications - Pinnacle System | General Reference | DSHS Library Services
| 512-776-7260 |
| Publications - Pinnacle System | HHS Warehouse | Jensen Roberts
| 512-250-7116 |
| Publications - Pinnacle System | Pinnacle Online Ordering | Noel Lashbrook
| 512-487-3498 |
| Purchasing Issues | Central Procurement Services | Bob Burnette
| 512-458-7744 |
| Q Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| Quality Assurance of Health Care Services | Quality Management Branch, Performance Mgmt. Unit | Nancy Taylor
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3153 |
| 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 |
| Safe Riders | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Safety Workplace | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Ann Adams
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2572 |
| Salmonellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Greg Leos Raymond Dinnan Venessa Cantu | 512-776-3182 512-776-6176 512-776-6648 |
| Salmonellosis in reptiles and amphibians | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Salvage Cosmetics | Salvage Brokers and Establishments | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Salvage Drug | Salvage Brokers and Establishments | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Salvage Food Regulations | Salvage Brokers and Establishments | Foods Group
| 512-834-6770 |
| Salvage Medical Devices | Salvage Brokers and Establishments | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| San Antonio State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Robert Arizpe
| 210-531-7710 |
| Sanitarian Registration | Sanitation Registration Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Stewart Myrick | 512-834-6628, ext. 4565 |
| Scabies | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner Jessica Ross Neil Pascoe | 512-776-6393 512-776-6356 512-776-6352 |
| Scarlet Fever/Rheumatic Fever | Infectious Disease Control Unit | Lesley Brannan
| 512-776-6354 |
| School Cafeteria Inspection Payment/Applications | Retail Foods Establishments | Foods Licensing Group | 512-834-6626 |
| School Health | School Health Program | School Health Program
| 512-776-7279 |
| School Health – Texas School Health Advisory Committee | School Health Program | School Health Program
| 512-776-7279 |
| School Immunization Requirements | Immunization Branch | Margaret Horton
| 800-252-9152 |
| School Nurses | School Health Program | Anita Wheeler
| 512-776-2909 |
| School-Based Health Centers | School Health Program | School Health Program
| 512-776-7279 |
| Schools (Head Lice) | School Health Program | School Health Program
| 512-776-7279 |
| Schools/Child Care Facilities (Vision/Hearing Screening) | School Vision and Hearing Screening Program | Vision and Hearing Screening Program
| 512-776-6442 |
| Seafood and Shellfish Licenses | Foods Group | Foods Licensing Group
| 512-834-6626, ext. 2646 512-834-6757, ext. 2500 |
| Seafood Contamination | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Seafood Safety (other than shellfish and crab meat) | Foods Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS Laboratory Issues) | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Crystal Van Cleave
| 512-776-7592 512-776-7594 |
| Sex Offender Treatment Provider Licensing | Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford
| 512-834-4551 512-834-4530 |
| Sexual Violence Prevention | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Carol Harvey
| 512-776-6965 |
| Shellfish | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group | Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
| 512-834-6757 |
| Shigellosis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Wendy Albers Venessa Cantu | 512-776-6611 512-776-6326 512-776-6648 |
| Sickle Cell | Newborn Screening | Newborn Screening Unit
| 512-776-3957 |
| Silicosis Reporting | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki Patel
| 512-776-2652 512-776-3723 |
| Small pox | Community Preparedness Section | John Walker
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3025 |
| Smallpox (Variola) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6393 |
| Snakes-Poisonous | Environmental Epi and Disease Registry Section | Matt Forrester
| 512-659-3627 |
| Social Worker Licensing | Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Sarah Faszholz | 512-719-3521 |
| 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 | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Special Projects-YES Waiver, HCBS-AMH | MHSA Special Projects | Carmen Bliss | 512-206-4510 |
| Speech-Language Pathology Licensing | State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professional Licensing and Certification Unit |
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| Spinal Cord Injuries | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Erin Kader
| 512-776-2808 |
| Spinal Screening | School Spinal Screening Program | Spinal Screening Program | 512-776-6442 |
| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bony Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| St. Louis Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Staphylococcal | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Neil Pascoe Jessica Ross Bobbiejean Garcia | 512-776-6352 512-776-6356 713-767-3404 |
| State Epidemiologist | State Epidemiologist | Linda Gaul
| 512-776-7198 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| State Health Plan | Center for Health Statistics | Matt Turner
| 512-776-6541 |
| State Mental Health Facilities | Hospital Services Section | Peggy Perry
| 512-206-5184 |
| Statewide Health Coordinating Council | Center for Health Statistics | Matt Turner
| 512-776-6541 |
| Statistics (Demographic Trends, Income, Poverty Rate) | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Strategic National Stockpile | Community Preparedness Section
| Michael Poole
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2084 |
| Streptococcal Disease, Group A & B | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Amy Littman Lesley Brannan | 512-776-6339 512-776-6354 |
| Stroke | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Nancy Eichner
| 512-776-3684 |
| Substance Abuse - General Information | Substance Abuse Services | Philander Moore
| 512-206-5828 |
| Substance Abuse - Research and Data | Substance Abuse Services | Bill Manlove
| 512-206-5139 |
| Substance Abuse - Offender Education | Offender Education Program | Celeste Lunceford
| 800-832-9623 512-834-4551 |
| Substance Abuse - Training and Technical Assistance | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Philander Moore
| 512-206-5828 |
| Substance Abuse (Facility Compliance) | Substance Abuse Compliance Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6700 ext. 2126 800-832-9623 |
| Substance Abuse (Facility Licensing) | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6600, ext. 2118 |
| Substance Abuse Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders | Substance Abuse Services | Tina Hosaka
| 512-206-5205 |
| Substance Abuse Prevention Services | Substance Abuse Services | Mary Sowder
| 512-206-5247 |
| Substance Abuse Program Services | Substance Abuse Services | Mary Sowder
| 512-206-5247 |
| Substance Abuse Treatment | Substance Abuse Services | Mary Sowder
| 512-206-5247 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) | Office of Title V and Family Health | Amy Bailey
| 512-776-2311 |
| Suffocations/Obstructions | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | Dan Dao
| 512-458-3575 |
| Suicide Prevention | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division | Jenna Heise
| 512-206-5954 National Suicide Prevention Hotline:
1-800-273-TALK(8255) |
| Suicides | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | Dan Dao Adrian Conder
| 512-776-3575 512-776-6379 |
| Surgical Procedures (Texas Medical Disclosure Panel) | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Survey of Organizational Excellence | Division of Organization Development | Robin Scott
| 512-458-7111, ext. 6114 |
| Syndromic Surveillance | Syndromic Surveillance | Syndromic Surveillance | 512-776-7770 |
| Syndromic Surveillance Governance Council | Syndromic Surveillance Governance Council | Syndromic Surveillance | 512-776-7770 |
| Syphilis | HIV/STD Program | Mary Cullinane | 512-533-3078 |
| Taeniasis | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Tanning Devices, Facilities, & Salons | Tanning Facilities | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Tanning Facilities Licensure | Tanning Facilities | Drugs and Foods Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio Licenses | Tattoo & Body Piercing Studios | Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group | 512-834-6600, ext. 6730 |
| Tattoo Studios | Tattoo and Body Piercing Studios | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Teen Pregnancy (Prevention) | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Carol Harvey Melanie Jamison | 512-776-6965 512-776-3807 |
| Teen Pregnancy Prevention (Abstinence-Centered) | Abstinence Education | Melanie Jamison
| 512-458-7111, ext. 3807 |
| Terrell State Hospital (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Fred Hale
| 972-551-8561 |
| Tetanus | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Brandy Tidwell Kayla Boykins | 512-776-2632 512-776-6577 512-776-3124 |
| Texas Administrative Code Chapter 97, Communicable Diseases | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner | 512-776-6393 |
| Texas Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council (TBDAC) | Hemophilia Assistance Program (HAP) | TBDAC | 512-776-7150 |
| Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) (Health Facility) | Hospital Services Section | Jim Elkins
| 210- 534-8857 |
| Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS) | Center for Health Statistics | Pamela Lauer | 512-776-6723 |
| Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke | Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program | Tom Stephan Rick Schwertfeger
| 512-458-7111, ext. 2739 512-458-7111, ext. 2209 |
| Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) | Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) | TEHDI Program | 512-776-7726 |
| Texas EMS Magazine | EMS/Trauma Systems Stakeholder Info | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Texas Environmental Health Institute | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Heidi Bojes
| 512-776-6704 |
| Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 81, Communicable Diseases, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Marilyn Felkner Laura Tabony
| 512-776-6393 512-776-2663 |
| Texas Health Steps (EPSDT) | Texas Health Steps (EPSDT) | THSteps Program
| 512-776-7745 |
| Texas Medical Disclosure Panel | Facility Licensing Group | Health Facility Licensing and Compliance
| 512-834-6648, ext. 2607 |
| Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation Rules | PSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group | Peter Tadin
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2434 |
| Texas Poison Center Network | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Judy Whitfield Mathias Forrester
| 512-776-6328 512-659-3627 |
| Texas Primary Care Office | Texas Primary Care Office | Texas Primary Care Office
| 512-776-7518 |
| Texas Vaccines for Children | Immunization Branch | Barbara Vassell
| 800-252-9152 |
| Texas Women’s Health Program | Texas Women’s Health Program | Laurie Vanhoose
| 1-866-993-9972 |
| Text4Baby | Healthy Texas Babies | Title V Maternal and Child Health
| 512-776-7373 |
| Tick Borne Diseases | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Tick identification and testing | Zoonosis Control Branch | Bonny Mayes
| 512-776-2888 |
| Title V | Title V Maternal and Child Health | Title V Maternal and Child Health
| 512-776-7373 |
| Tobacco Prevention and Control | Tobacco Prevention and Control | Barry Sharp
| 512-776-3307 |
| Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Laura Morse
| 512-776-3004 |
| Toxicology | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | epitox@dshs.state.tx.us
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| Toxoplasmosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Toy Safety | Hazardous Consumer Products Registration Program | Hazpro Help
| 512-834-6787, ext. 2301 |
| Traffic Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera
| 512-776-2207 800-252-8255 |
| Trauma Designation | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Elizabeth Stevenson
| 512-834-6600 |
| Trauma Registry | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao
| 512-776-3575 |
| Trauma Rules | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Elizabeth Stevenson
| 512-834-6600 |
| Trauma Systems/Regional Advisory Councils (RACs)/EMS | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group | Jane Guerrero
| 512-834-6745 |
| Travel Information (immunization required) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch |
| 512-776-2514 |
| Trichinosis | Zoonosis Control Branch | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Tuberculosis | TB Services Branch |
| 512-533-3000 |
| Tuberculosis / Mycology (Fungi) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Denise Dunbar Jan Owen | 512-776-7592 512-776-7342 512-776-2687 |
| Tuberculosis Reporting | TB/HIV/STD Unit | MariaG Rodriguez
| 512-533-3000 |
| Tularemia | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Typhoid Fever | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Venessa Cantu Greg Leos Irina Cody | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6611 |
| Typhus | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Uranium (Licensing Issues) | Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) | Phil Shaver Gary Smith
| 512-239-6460 |
| Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Jessica Ross Bobbiejean Garcia
| 512-776-6356 713-767-3404 |
| Vancomycin Intermediate Stapylococcus aureus (VISA)/Vancomycin Resistant | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Jessica Ross Bobbiejean Garcia
| 512-776-6356 713-767-3404 |
| Varicella (Chickenpox) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Eric Garza Kayla Boykins | 512-776-6557 512-776-6825 512-776-3124 |
| Variola (Smallpox) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-76393 |
| Vehicle Safety | Safe Riders Program | Frank Luera | 512-776-2207 |
| Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Veterinary Reporting | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2155 512-776-2890 |
| Vibrio Infections | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Venessa Cantu Greg Leos | 512-776-6611 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 |
| Violence/Murders | Environmental Epi and Injury Surveillance Group | Dan Dao
| 512-776-3575 |
| Violent Sex Offender Management, Office of | Office of Violent Sex Offender Management | Marsha McLane | 512-874-4590 |
| Virology (Viruses) - Laboratory Testing | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Elizabeth Delamater Martha Thompson Crystal Van Cleave | 512-776-7592 512-776-7515 512-776-7594 |
| Vision and Hearing Screening | School Vision and Hearing Screening Program | Vision and Hearing Screening Program
| 512-776-6442 |
| Vital Records Fraud | Inspector General, Office of the | Andy Abrams
| 512-458-7431 |
| Vital Records Statistics | Vital Statistics | Field Services
| 512-776-3010 |
| Volunteers | Center for Consumer and External Affairs | Rob Lallier Annette Brown (State Hospitals)
| 512-776-7688 512-206-5161 |
| Waco Center for Youth (Mental Health) | Hospital Services Section | Chuck Russell
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| Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) | Radiation Control | Mike Rutherford
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2021 |
| Waterborne Diseases and Outbreaks | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Irina Cody Venessa Cantu Greg Leos | 512-776-6611 512-776-7676 512-776-6648 |
| Water-Bottled Water | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Water-Laboratory Testing for Bacteria | Laboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch | Monica Kingsley Elizabeth Delamater
| 512-776-7562 512-776-7592 |
| West Nile | Zoonosis Control | Tom Sidwa Eric Fonken
| 512-776-6628 512-776-2155 |
| Western Equine Encephalitis | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Whooping Cough (Pertussis) | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Brandy Tidwell Eric Garza Rachel Wiseman | 512-776-6577 512-776-6825 512-776-6825 |
| WIC Client Fraud | Inspector General, Office of the | William Dabbert
| 1-800-436-6184 |
| WIC Program | WIC Program | Lindsay Rodgers Amanda Hovis
| 512-341-4400 |
| Worksite Wellness | Obesity Prevention Program | Rocky Payne
| 512-776-3672 |
| X-Ray Compliance and Inspections | Inspection Unit – X-Ray Group | Helen Watkins
| 512-834-6770, ext. 2006 |
| X-Ray Registration – Medical and Industrial X-Ray Programs | Regulatory Licensing Unit – Radiation Safety Branch - Machine Source Group | Jo Turkette
| 512-834-6688, ext. 2247 |
| Yersinia | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Greg Leos Wendy Albers | 512-776-3182 512-776-6648 |
| Youth Camp Licensing | Youth Camp Program | Environmental and Santitation Licensing Group
| 512-834-6660, ext. 2174 |
| Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System (YRBSS) | Center for Health Statistics | YRBSS | 512-776-7261 |
| Zika Virus | Infectious Disease Control Unit | Zoonosis Control Branch | 512-776-7255 |
| Zoonosis (General) | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken
| 512-776-2155 |
| Zoonotic Health Topics | Zoonosis Control | Eric Fonken Tom Sidwa
| 512-776-2155 512-776-6628 |