The Vermont

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...

is a government department responsible for the health of the U.S. state of

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

. It is a sub-division of the

Vermont Agency of Human Services The Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) is a Vermont executive agency (or cabinet agency). Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on human services for the U.S. state of Vermont. AHS was created by the Vermont Legislature in 1969 to go ...

. As of March 2017, the Department of Health is led by Mark Levine, MD. Dr. Levine was appointed the Commissioner of Health by Vermont state governor

Phil Scott Philip Brian Scott (born August 4, 1958) is an American politician, businessman and stock car racer who has served as the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected governor in the 2016 general electi ...

District offices

Vermont's Health department has a centralized structure; this structure typical does not have a separate local public health department (such as county level government) and local health units are state employees. The central office is located in Burlington, Vermont with several local health departments in 12 communities including

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, Bennington,

Brattleboro Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River, Brattleboro is located about no ...

Burlington Burlington may refer to: Places Canada Geography * Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador * Burlington, Nova Scotia * Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington" * Burlington, Prince Edward Island * Burlington Bay, no ...

, Middlebury, Morrisville, Newport, Rutland, Springfield,

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, St. Johnsbury, and

White River Junction White River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,528 at the 2020 census, up from 2,286 in 2010, making it the largest co ...

Public Health Department Accreditation

The Vermont Department of Health became a national accredited public health department in 2014 by the Public Health Accreditation Board.

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