Health Departments

The Health Department's mission is to promote a state of optimum health for all citizens of Roanoke County and the Alleghany Health District through community assessment, public policy development and assurance of equal access to and excellence in health services. Our clinic services are provided based on family income and a sliding fee scale and/or at no cost to our customers. Call for an appointment or clinic times.

Roanoke County is part of the Alleghany Health District. For more information, please see the Alleghany Health District website.

Please email complaints and health code violations.

Roanoke County/Salem Health Department

  • 105 East Calhoun Street
    P. O. Box 1144
    Salem, VA 24153
  • Phone: 540-387-5530
  • Fax: 540-387-5524
  • Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Services Available at the Salem Office

  • BabyCare Program
  • Child Car Seat Education Classes and Car Seats
  • Communicable Disease Management
  • Environmental Complaints
  • Environmental Health, including:
  • Family Planning
  • Food Surveillance (including Restaurant inspections and Temporary Food Permits)
  • Immunization Assessments for Schools and Day Care Centers
  • Maternal and Infant Nurse Case Management
  • Nursing Home Pre-Admission Screening
  • Onsite Sewage Disposal
  • Pediatric and Adult Immunizations
  • Pregnancy Testing
  • Private Wells
  • Public Indoor and Outdoor Pools
  • Rabies
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV testing
  • Tuberculosis Case Management
  • Vital Records Services
  • WIC (Women, Infant and Children nutrition program)

Roanoke County/Vinton Health Department

  • 227 S Pollard Street
    Vinton, VA 24179
  • Phone: 540-857-7800
  • Fax: 540-857-6991
  • Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Services Available at the Vinton Office

  • BabyCare Program
  • Child Car Seat Education Classes and Car Seats
  • Communicable Disease Management
  • Family Planning
  • Immunization Assessments for Schools and Day Care Centers
  • Maternal and Infant Nurse Case Management
  • Nursing Home Pre-Admission Screening
  • Pediatric and Adult Immunizations
  • Pregnancy Testing
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV testing
  • Tuberculosis Case Management
  • WIC (Women, Infant and Children nutrition program)

Other Services

Other services are available by calling the Environmental Health Department Office at 540-204-9764, including:

  • Environmental Complaints
  • Food Surveillance (including Restaurant inspections and Temporary Food Permits)
  • Onsite Sewage Disposal
  • Private Wells
  • Public Indoor and Outdoor Pools
  • Rabies