Health Department

300 Flatbush Avenue
Kingston NY 12401
Phone: 845-340-3009
Fax: 845-340-3045
Office Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Mon-Fri
Website: www.co.ulster.ny.us/health

District Offices:

Kingston 300 Flatbush Avenue Kingston NY 12401 Phone: 845-340-3070	Ellenville 50 Center Street Ellenville, NY 12428 Phone: 845-647-2343
New Paltz 570 Rt. 299 Highland NY 12528 Mailing Address PO Box 305 New Paltz NY 12561 Phone: 845-883-6155	Saugerties 123 Partition Street Saugerties, NY 12477 Mailing Address PO Box 304 Saugerties, NY 12477 Phone: 845-246-2621

The Ulster County Public Health Department provides a wide range of services and programs to County residents, designed to ensure their well-being. The mission of the agency is the prevention of the leading causes of disability, disease and premature death.

We are proud of our activities in the field of regulating and monitoring community health, educating the public about health issues and concerns, and providing programs and services that directly benefit the people who live in Ulster County.

Environmental Sanitation | Nursing Division | Other Services

Environmental Sanitation
845-340-3010
The Environmental Sanitation division enforces laws and codes and conducts activities designed to maintain physical disease barriers. It also seeks to improve such conditions where they might affect overall public health.

• Public Water Supply: The division provides inspections, sampling, monitoring, troubleshooting and technical assistance to water supply systems in the County and conducts enforcement when necessary.
  
• Community Sanitation and Food Protection: The division is responsible for the inspection and issuance of permits for restaurants, temporary food service, hotels, motels, campgrounds, children's camps, residential farm labor camps, bathing beaches and swimming pools, mass gatherings, and state and local institutions, to ensure the well-being of those who use the facilities. The division monitors the facilities and investigates complaints about food-borne and water supply-related illnesses at permitted facilities, as well as reportable injuries at camps and beaches. The Environmental Sanitation division conducts enforcement when deemed necessary.
  
• Radiological Health: Includes regular inspection of all x-ray facilities and emergency response.
  
• Environmental/Occupational Health: The division responds to chemical emergencies, concerns about hazardous waste disposal sites, indoor air complaints, and occupational health issues.
  
• Rabies: The division investigates complaints of rabid animals, submits specimens to the State laboratory for confirmation, provides follow up for those who have come in contact with rabid animals, and ensures that treatment is provided when needed.
  
• Lyme Disease: The division monitors Lyme disease cases, identifies ticks, and provides Lyme disease education.
  
• West Nile Disease: The division is responsible for monitoring disease indicators, such as mosquitoes and birds, and is a resource for information about prevention techniques.
  
• Tobacco Law Enforcement: The division is responsible for enforcing tobacco legislation within the County.

Nursing Division
845-340-3060 Director of Patient Services

The Nursing Division offers many programs and services to the community including the following:

• Clinics: Well-child, immunization, lead testing, and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) clinics are held at a number of locations throughout the County on a regular schedule. Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis, as well as HIV testing clinics are also held on a regular basis. In the fall, adult flu and pneumonia immunization clinics are held in many locations within Ulster County. Please feel free to call for specific program information, schedules, and fees (if any).
  
• Physically Handicapped Children's Program/Children With Special Health Care Needs: This program ensures access to quality health care for chronically ill and disabled children.
  
• Infant and Child Health Assessment Program: This program identifies infants at risk for developmental disabilities, and provides follow up for infants and children at risk for developmental delays.
  
• Certified Home Health Agency and Long-Term Home Health Care Programs: These services are available to Ulster County residents who need care and treatment of an illness or injury. The goal of the Certified Home Health Agency is to prevent hospitalization whenever possible. Services are provided according to a physician's orders. Care is reimbursable by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance, or may be determined by a sliding scale. Public Health nurses also visit prenatal and postnatal women, newborns and infants.
  The purpose of the Long-Term Home Health Care Program is to provide home health care, as an alternative to placement in either a skilled nursing or health-related facility, to individuals who are medically eligible for placement in such facilities. Services include nursing, physical and speech therapy, medical social work, personal care aide, homemaker and housekeeper and the provision of waivered services. Fees may be covered by Medicaid or other health insurance.
  
  Communicable Disease Program 845-340-3090
  Long-term Home Health Care Program 845-340-3080
  Physically Handicapped Children's Program 845-340-3099
  WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program 845-883-5259

Health Education 845-334-5527

Referral Services 845-340-3150 Administration
The department maintains a listing of services and resources available both locally and through toll-free telephone numbers.

Medical Examiner 845-340-3323
State law requires that the Medical Examiner investigate deaths of persons dying from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly, when unattended by a physician, in prison, or in any suspicious or unusual manner. The Medical Examiner is responsible for certifying and determining the cause of death.