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1700 Third St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7800
Fax: 940-767-5242

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Wichita Falls - Wichita County Public Health District

Administration 
1700 Third St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7804
Fax: 940-767-5242

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Administration Division of the Wichita Falls - Wichita County Public Health District
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Franklin, Lou Director of Health 940-761-7804
Cone, Amy Assistant Director of Health 940-761-7804

Animals, Vector & On-Site 
1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76307
Phone: 940-761-7822


Division includes animal control, on-site septic, and vector control
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Morris, Susan Zoonosis-OSSF Administrator 940-761-7822

Emergency Response 
1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7910
Fax: 940-767-5242


Responsible for planning and preparing to respond to a wide array of public health emergencies, from natural disasters to potential biological and chemical attacks that could result in mass casualties and fatalities.
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Gonzales, Alfonso Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 940-761-7910

General Environmental Health 
1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7689


The Environmental Health Division is responsible for many aspects of public health in both Wichita Falls and Wichita County. Routine inspections are conducted quarterly on hotels, motels, and non-profit organizations that serve food such as Emergency Rooms, Ambulance Services, and Senior Citizens Centers. Public swimming pools, and hot tubs as well as tattoo parlors are inspected monthly. All schools, public and private, are inspected annually while the kitchens are inspected twice yearly. Those schools with summer lunch programs receive an additional inspection. Foster homes and day care facilities are inspected at the request of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Tezaguic, Fernando General Environmental Administrator 940-761-7689

Laboratory/Water Pollution 
1700 3rd St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7873
Fax: 940-767-5242

Link: /index.asp?NID=368

The Laboratory's main purpose is in direct support of the Wichita Falls Health District's in-house clinics. These include the Sexaually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Maternal and Child Health Clinic, the Women, Infant, and Children Clinic (WIC), as well as supporting the Water Pollution, Food Control, Environmental Health, and Animal Control Divisions. These support services range from clinical laboratory testing of blood, serum, urine, and other body fluids to analysis of food, water, and soft serve ice cream samples. The Laboratory also provides some testing for outside agencies such as the Wilson Family Planning Clinic, and the Family Health Center. Additonally, the Laboratory accepts animal heads for shipment to the Texas Department of Health (TDH) Laboratory in Austin for Rabies Testing (See the Menu Selection for Rabies Testing).

This division is also responsible for the Industrial Pretreatment Program, Grease Trap Program including Grease Trap permitting, Waste Hauler permitting, and is the contact point for water pollution complaints.

Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Harp, Jo Lab/Water Pollution Administrator 940-761-7878

Personal Health Services 
1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7807


The Division of Personal Health Services offers an array of primary and preventive services. The scope of services includes care of the individual through clinical services as well as disease prevention and health promotion directed toward the community as a whole.
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Kea, Kerry Nursing Administrator 940-761-7892

Vital Statistics 
1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7801
Fax: 940-761-7693


The Vital Records Office of the Wichita Falls Health Department is responsible for the filing of records on all births and deaths within the city limits of Wichita Falls. Our records date from 1917 to the present.

Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Koru, Misty City Registrar 940-761-7802

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
1700 Third St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone: 940-761-7815
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
Kaelin, Janna WIC Administrator 940-761-7809



 
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