Health Department

Patients receive a complete physical exam and all appropriate lab tests. Patients are also taught about birth control and may be supplied with a birth control method. Many contraceptive problems can also be treated at all local health departments.

WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children and is also called the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program. WIC is a federal program designed to provide supplemental food to low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants and children until the age of five.

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STD Field Services is an essential link between clinic services and infected persons or those at risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted disease. 

Some of the core functions of Field Services are:

• Confidential counseling, testing, and treatment 
• Partner referral services 
• Educational and counseling services 

The Tennessee Department of Health is responsible for immunization requirements for those who attend child care, pre-school, school and college.  The current immunization requirements are in the Tennessee Department of Health Rules.

The Official Immunization Certificate is available in local health departments through the Tennessee Immunization Information System (TennIIS).

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Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, or EPSDT,  is a program of checkups and health care services for children from birth until age 21 to detect and treat health problems. EPSDT checkups are FREE for all children who have TennCare. In Tennessee, the EPSDT program covered by TennCare is called TennCare Kids.

The Fayette County Health Department can perform Wellchild Exams, or Child Health Physicals, for children with private insurance. Call us for more details on which insurances we accept.

Our dental clinic provides clinical dental services to segments of the population that would otherwise not receive care. The clinic provides dental services for children under the age of 21 that are enrolled in TennCare and children who are uninsured. The clinic also provides emergency care and limited continued dental care for uninsured adults.