Welcome to the website 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.

News

• Salmonella Outbreak: Recall of Shell Eggs (FDA site)
• Adolescent whooping cough immunization initiative
• Flood: cleanup recommendations | After the Flood brochure (use ADOBE)
• 2010-2011 flu season information
• West Nile surveillance reports | West Nile virus prevention and control

• The Public Health Laboratory has an opening for an experienced microbiologist. For information about the position and application information, see http://bop.sd.gov/workforus/

• Requirements for Sale of Baked Goods and Home-canned Processed Foods at Farmers Markets (SDSU Cooperative Extension publication - also available at County Extension offices)
• Employment opportunities
• Infectious disease surveillance summaries

Quick Links

• Report weekly illness absenteeism numbers for schools | Reporting instructions (use ADOBE)
• 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, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, 1-800-222-1222 (leaves DOH site)
• South Dakota Hospital PricePoint  - information about inpatient services & charges (leaves DOH site)
• South Dakota Health Alert Network
• Department of Health 2020 Initiative

Other State Agency Links (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