Communicable Disease & Immunizations

Communicable Disease and Immunization Programs

For questions regarding a communicable disease, Immunizations or to schedule a test for a sexually transmitted Infection please call 541-265-4112 Option 8

Immunizations

Contact Us - Lincoln County Public Health 

For help finding vaccine locations or for other questions:

Please call 541-265-4112, ext. 8 or visit us at

Nye Street Clinic
36 SW Nye Street
Newport, Or 97365

Looking for COVID-19 Vaccine? Click HERE.

School Exclusion Day is February 15th, 2023

• Oregon law requires all students attending public and private schools, preschools, child care facilities, and Head Start programs receive required vaccinations. Find out more HERE
• When a student is not up-to-date on required vaccines or does not have proper documentation for an exemption, the student will receive a letter of exclusion from the Health Department.
• The student is able to return to school when proper documentation of immunization status is received. This year's school exclusion date is February 15, 2023.

Back-to-School

Shots are required by law for children in attendance at public and private schools, preschools, childcare facilities, and Head Start programs in Oregon. Nearly every place that provides care for a child outside the home requires shots or a medical or non-medical exemption to stay enrolled. See School Requirements in below links.

Oregon school law requires that children who attend public and private schools, pre-schools, childcare facilities and Head Start programs in Oregon be vaccinated. Nearly every place that provides care for a child outside the home requires shots or a religious or medical exemption to stay enrolled.

Vaccines for Children

Vaccine schedules are based on nationally recommended standards.

Costs for immunizations are based on costs of the vaccines and/or an administrative cost. Most insurances including the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) are accepted. Please check with your insurance company before making any appointments. However, no child will be denied vaccines due to inability to pay.

The Vaccines for Children Program helps provide vaccines to children whose parents or guardians may not be able to afford them. This helps to ensure that all children have a better chance of getting their recommended vaccinations on schedule.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Testing and Treatment

If you are sexually active with multiple partners and have high risk sex activity by not using condoms please make an appointment to have testing performed by your local primary care provider.

If you do not have a local primary care provider you may call the Federally Qualified Health Center to make an appointment 541-265-4947.

The Public Health clinic has free condoms available at 36 SW Nye street Newport, OR 97365.

Public Health STI Services

The Public Health (PH) clinic is a safety net clinic that may perform STD testing for: HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C. If you are symptomatic we encourage you to see a medical provider because medical providers are able to provide full exams and the PH clinic is only able to offer testing.

Tuberculosis

What services does LCPH Offer for TB Services?

• Provide directly observed therapy (DOT) to persons diagnosed with active tuberculosis disease to treat their disease, and limit the transmission of the disease to others.
• Conduct TB contact investigations, for people who have had important close contact with a person who has confirmed active pulmonary TB disease.
• Work with hospital and community medical providers to confirm or rule out active and contagious TB disease.
• Provide preventive medicine for people who have latent TB disease to help reduce their future risk of progressing to active TB disease.

For more information on TB click HERE

Disease Reporting and Animal Bite Reporting

• 24/7 Disease Reporting Telephone: 541-265-4112
• Fax 541-265-4191

Reporting Animal Bites

ATTENTION Providers: All animal bites are reportable in Lincoln County. Please see the Fillable Animal Bite Reporting Form and complete all parts of the form.

Fax same day to Lincoln County Health and Human Services (ALL animal bites) 541-265-4191.

Disease Reporting

What are reportable diseases?

• All Oregon health departments are required to report diagnosis of certain diseases. These diseases are called 'reportable'.
• There are currently over 50 reportable diseases in Oregon.
• The Oregon Public Health Division Reporting for Clinicians poster specifies which diseases need to be reported.
• When a report is made, all personal patient information is kept confidential.

Oregon Clinicians Report on a Reportable Disease:

• Use the Confidential Oregon Morbidity Report Form and follow the submission instructions on the form OR
• Call or fax the following information to Lincoln County Public Health (contact information above):
  • Sick person's name
  • Sick person's address and phone number
  • Sick person's date of birth
  • Diagnosis (what disease do they have?)
  • What day the symptoms began

For information on animal bites and rabies, click here.

View information about each reportable disease by clicking on the disease below to go to Center for Disease Control (CDC) webpage: