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SERVICES
The Joplin Health Department provides the following services:
• Planning, directing and coordinating overall departmental services
• Missouri vital records printing (birth and death certificate)
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• Trainings on animal issues
• Impoundment of stray and loose animals,
• Wild animal live trap loan services,
• Enforcement of the City animal control code
• Investigation of animal bites
• Animal quarantine
• Nuisance animal complaint
• Animal abuse and neglect
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• Food establishments inspections
• Lodgings inspections
• Tattoo parlors inspections
• Daycare facilities inspections
• Swimming pools inspections
• Food safety trainings
• Communicable diseases surveillance
• TB case management
• Architectural plan reviews for remodels or new facilities
• Mosquito control activities
• Enforcement of the Food Code
• Communicable diseases Investigation
• Complaints for regulated facilities investigation
• Well-water
• Childhood lead poisoning
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• Investigation of communicable diseases
• Training of communicable diseases
• Pregnancy testing
• Tuberculosis (TB) testing
• HIV testing
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) testing
• Childhood immunization
• Adult immunization
• Flu vaccination
• Enrollment in temporary Medicaid card and MO HealthNet
• Low income pharmacy support
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• Breastfeeding support
• Referral to appropriate health agencies
• Nutritious food packages for eligible applicants
• Nutrition education
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• Review of emergency plans
• Training on emergency preparedness
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Administrative Services
• Planning, directing and coordinating overall departmental services
• Missouri vital records printing (birth and death certificate)
For more information, click here
Animal Control
• Trainings on animal issues
• Impoundment of stray and loose animals,
• Wild animal live trap loan services,
• Enforcement of the City animal control code
• Investigation of animal bites
• Animal quarantine
• Nuisance animal complaint
• Animal abuse and neglect
For more information, click here
Environmental and Epidemiology Services
• Food establishments inspections
• Lodgings inspections
• Tattoo parlors inspections
• Daycare facilities inspections
• Swimming pools inspections
• Food safety trainings
• Communicable diseases surveillance
• TB case management
• Architectural plan reviews for remodels or new facilities
• Mosquito control activities
• Enforcement of the Food Code
• Communicable diseases Investigation
• Complaints for regulated facilities investigation
• Well-water
• Childhood lead poisoning
For more information, click here
Medical Services
• Investigation of communicable diseases
• Training of communicable diseases
• Pregnancy testing
• Tuberculosis (TB) testing
• HIV testing
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) testing
• Childhood immunization
• Adult immunization
• Flu vaccination
• Enrollment in temporary Medicaid card and MO HealthNet
• Low income pharmacy support
For more information, click here
Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
• Breastfeeding support
• Referral to appropriate health agencies
• Nutritious food packages for eligible applicants
• Nutrition education
For more information, click here
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
• Review of emergency plans
• Training on emergency preparedness
For more information, click here