Health Department

Location

45 South Main Street
Room #215

Hours

Office Hours:

Mon thru Fri, 9 am - 5 pm

After Hours & 24/7 Contact for Public Health Emergencies: Wallingford Police Dispatch Center, (203) 294-2800

Contact

Tel: (203) 294-2065 
Fax: (203) 294-2064

Director: Vanessa Bautista, RS, MPH
Chief Sanitarian: Michael Hughes, BSc, RS
Sanitarian: Grace Jaworowski, BSc 
Health Educator: Nina Roberstson, BS
Public Health Nurse: Anne Bernick, MA, BSN, RN
*Email addresses are linked to the appropriate staff. Simply click their name to send an email.

WHD Community Health Assessments:

• Community Health Assessment - December 2023
• Survey Response Supplement - November 2023

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WHD Community Newsletters:

• February 2024

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Health Department Health Alerts:

• Connecticut health and agriculture officials say the risk of avian flu in Connecticut is low - CDC, April 1, 2024
• Measles Health Alert - CDC - March 18, 2024 link: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00504.asp
  • What You Need To Know About Measles - Flyer
  • Lo que Necesita Saber Sobre el Sarapion - Volente
• CDC Health Advisory - High Blood Lead Levels in Children Consuming Recalled Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches, issued 11-13-2023.

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Schedules and Annual Reports

• Fee Schedule
• Annual Report 2023
• Annual Report 2022
• Annual Report 2021
• Annual Report 2020
• Annual Report 2019
• Annual Report 2018

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Department Responsibilities

The Health Department provides all services required by the Connecticut General Statutes and enforces both Connecticut State Regulations and Local Ordinances.

1. Environmental Health Functions, Forms & Fees

• Beauty/Barber/Nail Salons/Tattoo Registration and Inspection
  • Salon Establishment License Application for Permit - Annual Registration
  • Town of Wallingford Salon Ordinance No. 592
  • Town of Wallingford Supplement To Salon Ordinance No. 592
  • Salon & Personal Service Establishments - Plan Review Form
  • Salon Application for Temporary Permit
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
  • Childhood Lead Poisoning Presentation - December 2022 ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • A Property Owners' Guide for the Interim Control of Lead Hazards in Housing
  • Don't Spread Lead Flyer
  • Birth To Three Flyer
  • Free Visual Assessments Flyer
  • Daycare inspections
• COVID-19 
  • 2024 CDC COVID-19 ISOLATION GUIDANCE
  • 2024 GUÍA DE AISLAMIENTO DE COVID-19
• Food Protection, Licensing and Food Handler Education
  • Food Service Establishment License Application
  • Food Service Classifications
  • Food Facility Plan Review
  • Certified Food Protection Manager Approved Testing Organizations
  • Menu Requirements :Consumer Advisory & Allergen Wording and Signage
  • Temporary Food Service Permit Application
  • Guidelines for Temporary Food Service Events Flyer
  • Form 1-B Conditional Employee or Food Employee Reporting Agreement (English)
  • Formulario 1-B Acuerdo de informe de empleados condicionales 0 empleado de alimentos (Spanish)
  • Food Service Establishment Clean-up Policy
  • Ready-to-Eat, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food: Date Marking
  • Safe Food Temperatures Flyer
  • Inspection Report Reference Document (items 1 - 29)
  • Inspection Report Reference Document (items 30 - 56)
• FDA Food Code Adoption
  
  • FDA Food Code Notice
  • 2022 FDA Code
  • CT General Statutes:
         - Section 19a-36o
         - Section 19-13-B105-113
  • Regulation of the CT DPH Concerning Model Food Code Implementation
• General Nuisance Complaints
• Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus Surveillance
  • West Nile Virus Presentation - November 2022 ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • Tick Fact Sheet
  • The CT Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) - Tick Submission Form
  • Mosquito Bite Prevention
• Mpox 101 (previously called Monkeypox)
  • Mpox: December 2022 Presentation
  • Mpox: What you need to know - Wallingford Health Department
  • Viruela Símica (Mpox): Lo que debe saber - Departamento de Salud de Wallingford 
  • Mpox Fact Sheet (English)
  • Mpox - Viruela Del Mono Fact Sheet (Spanish)
• Respiratory Diseases
  • Respiratory Diseases Informational Chart
• Private Well Water Permitting and Approval
• Public Swimming Pool Registration and Inspections
  • Annual Public Swimming Pool Registration
  • Pool Closure/Cleanup Procedure
• Subsurface Sewage (Septic) Inspections and Permitting
  • Application for Permit to Construct or Repair a Sewage Disposal System
  • Building Additions Approval Form
  • Installer's Plot Plan
  • List of Installers & Engineers
    (Private Well Contractors ~ Subsurface Sewage Installers/Cleaners ~ Engineers)
  • Septic System Installer As-Built Form

2. Health Statistics, Surveillance & Monitoring

• COVID-19 Updates:
  • June 1 - July 1, 2023
  • May 1 - June 1, 2023
  • April 26, 2023
  • March 24, 2023
  • February 24, 2023
  • January 27, 2023
• Respiratory Diseases Reports (RSV & Influenza):
  • March 2024 Report ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • February 2024 Report ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • January 2024 Report ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • December 2023 Report ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • November 2022 Report ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • Seasonal Influenza (Flu) - October 2022 ~ Wallingford Health Department
  • Influenza Estacional (Flu) - octubre de 2022 ~ Departamento de Salud de Wallingford 

3. Wallingford Community Health Alliance

• Wallingford Community Health Alliance Improvement Plan - 2019

4. Public Health Preparedness Activities

• Diabetes Emergency Care Kit or Mi Plan de Emergencia para la Diabetes
• Emergency Go Bag
• Hurricane Preparedness 2017
• Hurricane Safety Checklist flyer
• Winter Storm Safety Checklist flyer (English/Spanish)

  Prepare Now! Be Safe During! Be Safe After!
  

  • Flooding
  • Power Outages
  • Tornadoes
  • Winter Storms

5. Health Promotion & Educational Presentations Upon Request

• Fall Prevention Guide and Fall Risk Assessments
• Walking improves cardiac risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, vascular stiffness and inflammation, and mental stress.