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Local Health Department guidance and application documents can be downloaded by selecting the document you need from the bottom of this page. We are now accepting credit/debit card payments for applications, permits, and services over the phone. There is a credit/debit card authorization form if you would like to pay for permits, certificates, or services with a card. Fee information for this service is detailed in this form as well.
The Sanitarian/Health Inspector is also the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for Parke County. Office telephone number is 765-569-4071. Work cellphone number is 765-592-5707. You may email at sanitarian@parkecounty-in.gov. The normal hours the sanitarian/food inspector is in the office are 8 AM-3 PM Monday-Friday. It is best to call the office and ensure that she will be in before coming in.
The Public Health Nurse office hours are 8 AM-3 PM Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 8 AM-1 PM on Wednesdays. Office telephone number is 765-569-3554, or you may choose to email at parkenurse@parkecounty-in.gov. We strongly encourage you to call to set an appointment. For any medical testing please allow one week's notice.
The Clerk/Registrar telephone number is 765-569-6665, or you can email at parkehealth@parkecounty-in.gov. Hours are from 9 AM-3 PM Mondays and Fridays, and 9 AM-4 PM Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. These hours are subject to change dependent upon the needs of the department and the community. We make every effort to post and communicate our changes in expected office hours when we are able. We are here to serve our community and its citizens.
The sanitarian/food inspector is responsible for the Environmental Health Division of the Parke County Health Department. The Environmental Health Division is broken down into three categories: Food Protection, Wastewater, and General Environmental.
The Food Protection Program inspects, regulates, and issues permits to all food establishments including restaurants, bed & breakfast establishments, certified kitchens, caterers, farmer’s market vendors that are not home-based, temporary and mobile food establishments operating in Parke County per Food Protection Ordinance No 4, Parke County Indiana and 410 IAC 7-24. Further information regarding rules and regulations in Indiana may be found at www.in.gov/isdh/21062.htm.
The Wastewater program inspects, regulates, and issues permits for all residential septic systems per 410 IAC 6-8.2. All repairs to septic systems and installations of septic systems require a permit from the health department. Further information concerning rules and regulations can be found at www.in.gov/isdh/20389.htm.
The General Environmental program manages tourist homes, well water safety, meth homes, environmental complaints, public pools, and campgrounds (that are not regulated by the Indiana State Department of Health).
The clerk/registrar is responsible for the Vital Records Division of the Parke County Health Department and can answer general questions about many aspects of the Health Department. The Vital Records program issues birth certificates for individuals born in Parke County and death certificates for individuals who died in Parke County. See below for applications for birth and death certificates as well as a genealogy application. To receive a certified certificate via mail, send a completed application with a self-addressed, postage stamped envelope, and form of payment as well as copies of any documentary evidence necessary to legally complete the transaction.