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Topics

  • 10 Essential Services
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  • Awards
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  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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Topics

  • 10 Essential Services
  • Accreditation
  • Appreciation & Recognition
  • Awards
  • Financial Records
  • Health Equity
  • Health Regulations, Office of
  • Grants
  • Organizational Chart
  • Research
  • RIDOH Strategic Framework
  • Web Site Policies

Contact

  • Ana Novais, Deputy Director
  • Neil Hytinen, Legislative Liaison
  • Joseph Wendelken, Public Information Officer

Publications

Regulations

Partners

  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Public Health Accreditation Board
  • American Public Health Association
  • CDC Foundation
  • National Network of Public Health Institutes
  • Public Health Foundation
  • Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health

Contact

Sandra Powell
Deputy Director

Seema Dixit
Deputy Director

Director's Office

Mission

To coordinate public health activities across the state.

Our Programs

  • Community Health and Equity, Division of
  • Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Disease, Division of
  • Environmental Health, Division of
  • Health Equity Institute
  • Healthcare Quality and Safety, Division of
  • Policy, Information and Communications, Division of
  • Policy, Planning, and Strategy, Office of
  • State Laboratories and Medical Examiners, Division of
  • Workforce Development and Engagement, Office of

Program Publications

Booklets

  • Division of Community, Family Health, and Equity: Equity Pyramids (2012)

Forms

Notification

  • Prices of Commonly Prescribed Health-Maintenance Drugs (2014)

Papers

  • Changing Conceptions of Public Health (1978)
  • Government of Health : The Formation of the RI State Board of Health (1977)

Plans

Strategic

  • Rhode Island Department of Health Strategic Plan (2022)

Policies

  • Policy on Identifying and Reporting Confirmed Accidental Drug-Related Overdose Deaths (2015)

Presentations

  • State of the States Health (2015)

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Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
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Phone: 401-222-5960
After Hours Phone: 401-276-8046
RI Relay 711
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Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Food Protection 8:30 AM - 4 PM
Parking restrictions until 3 PM
Center for Vital Records
Simpson Hall
6 Harrington Road
Cranston, RI 02920
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Phone: 401-222-5960
After Hours Phone: 401-276-8046
RI Relay 711
 
Monday - Friday
By Appointment Only
Vital Records 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
State Health Laboratory
50 Orms St
Providence, RI 02904-2222
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Phone: 401-222-5600
RI Relay 711
 
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