Welcome to the web site of the South Dakota Department of Health

The mission of the South Dakota Department of Health is to promote, protect and improve the health and well-being of all South Dakotans.

Quick Links

• Get licensed as a food service, campground or lodging establishment
• Order a SD vital record (birth, marriage, death, divorce) — Search 100-year-old SD birth records
• Disease fact sheets
• Reportable disease list — File report online
• Hantavirus information
• Department of Health HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practice
• Sanford Poison Center (leaves DOH site)
• South Dakota Hospital PricePoint - consumer information about inpatient services & charges (leaves DOH site)
• South Dakota Health Alert Network
• Department of Health 2020 Initiative

Other State Agencies (all leave Department of Health site)

• Medicaid
• Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
• Children's Health Insurance Program
• Consumer insurance complaints
• Licensed insurance companies
• South Dakota Risk Pool
• Zaniya Project: South Dakota Health Care Initiative

Extreme winter weather health and safety information from the Centers for Disease Control: Emergency Preparedness and Response: Winter Weather

Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Health and Safety (use ADOBE)