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Ohio Department of Health

Contact List

For assistance on one of these topics, please contact the approriate Ohio Department of Health office.

Adoption Information

Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce

Vital Statistics

E-mail:  VitalStat@odh.ohio.gov

Telephone:  (614) 466-2531

Complaints for Nursing Homes/Health Care, Long-term Care Facilities

Complaints – Nursing Homes/Health Care Program

Telephone: (800) 342-0553
TDD: (614) 752-6490
Fax: (614) 728-9169

E-mail: HCComplaints@odh.ohio.gov

Environmental Health:

Bathing Beach Monitoring, Food, Mold, Sewage, Private Water Systems

Bureau of Environmental Health

Telephone: (614) 466-1390
Ohio Beach Monitoring: (866) 644-6224

E-mail: BEH@odh.ohio.gov

Regulatory oversight responsibilities for: state-regulated hospital maternity units; obstetrical/newborn services provided by an acute care hospital; residential group and family homes licensed as adult care facilities; and health maintenance organizations pursuant to the access to care and the quality of care for members.

Community Health Care Facilities & Services

Telephone:  (614) 995-7466

E-mail:  community@odh.ohio.gov

Children and Family Health Concerns

Bureau of Early Intervention Services

Telephone:  (800) 755-4769 

E-mail:  BEIS@odh.ohio.gov

Questions About Disease Outbreaks

Bureau of Infectious Disease Control

E-mail:  BIDC@odh.ohio.gov

Immunization

Immunization

Telephone:  (800) 282-0546

E-mail:  Immunize@odh.ohio.gov

Lead Poisoning Prevention

Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

E-mail:  LEAD@odh.ohio.gov

Radiation Protection: Environmental Radiation Safety; Nuclear Materials Safety; Radiologic Licensure; Imaging/Radiation Therapy Centers; X-Ray Equipment Registration and Inspection Bureau of Radiation Protection

Telephone: (614) 644-2727

E-mail: BRadiation@odh.ohio.gov

Rules and Regulations

Office of General Counsel

E-mail: Tamara.Malkoff@odh.ohio.gov

Statewide public and worksite smoking law


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To report violations of the law:




Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

Telephone:  1-866-634-7654
E-mail:  SmkInfo@odh.ohio.gov 


Bureau of Environmental Health

Telephone:  1-866-559-6446
E-mail:  NoSmoke@odh.ohio.gov

Media

Office of Public Affairs

E-mail: OPA@odh.ohio.gov

Director

E-mail:  Director@odh.ohio.gov

Zoonotic Diseases, West Nile Virus, Rabies, Animal Bites

Bureau of Infectious Disease Control

E-mail:  Zoonoses@odh.ohio.gov


If you are uncertain who to contact, please email our Public Affairs office at OPA@odh.ohio.gov

Additional Information Line Numbers

HIV Care Services Section: (800) 777-4775
Ohio AIDS/HIV/STD Hotline (Confidential):
(800) 332-AIDS
Department of Insurance (for complaints against H.M.O.s):
(800) 686-1526
Emergency Response Hotline:
(888) 411-4142
Ohio Employee Assistance Program:
(800) 221-6327
Ohio Help Me Grow: *    (800) 755-4769
Indoor Air:
(800) 200-2526
Lead Poisoning Prevention Hotline: (877) NOT-LEAD
Medicare Balance Billing Complaint Hotline: (800) 899-7127
National S.T.D. Hotline: (800) 227-8922
Ohio Nurse Aid Registry: (800) 582-5908
Physicians Who Care (for complaints against H.M.O.s):
(800) 800-5154
Rabies Information: (888) 722-4371
Ohio Radon Hotline: 
(800) 523-4439
Second Chance Trust Fund and Organ Donation:
(888) 745-1511
Tobacco Prevention: (866) 557-7867
West Nile Virus Information Line: (888) 722-4371
Women’s Helpline:
(800) 282-3040

Information on programs such as BabyNet, Child Passenger Safety Seats, Infant Hearing Screenings, Children with Medical Handicaps, among others.


Last Updated:  12/4/06