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

• 2012-2013 flu season information | Report weekly school absenteeism numbers
• 2012 guidelines for holiday decorations in health care facilities (ADOBE file).
• South Dakota Immunization Workgroup named
• Governor's Primary Care Task Force
• SD Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology forming
• West Nile Virus: case numbers and prevention information
• Monthly health and disease summary
• Registry of South Dakota pregnancy help centers
• Governor's Task Force on Infant Mortality

Quick Links

• Get licensed as a food service, campground or lodging establishment | Health inspection scores
• Order a SD vital record (birth, marriage, death, divorce) — Search 100-year-old SD birth records
• Disease fact sheets
• Reportable diseases in South Dakota — File disease 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