Health Department

Henrico and Richmond Health City Health Departments 

Henrico and Richmond City Health Departments are separate entities that, beginning January 1, 2019, have a shared leadership team.

Henrico County Health Department

The Health Department exists and acts to protect the health of communities within Henrico County. These communities include residents, visitors, newly arrived immigrants, pregnant women, infants, school children, and many more. Chances are you are a beneficiary of the health protective services of the Henrico County Health Department if you: eat in a restaurant or cafeteria; need an immunization; live in a house with a well or septic system; received nutritional supplements and counseling while pregnant; experience a foodborne or sexually transmitted illness; experience a death in your family.

Richmond City Health Department

Richmond City Health Department may offer services not available at the Henrico County Health Department