The Avery County Health Department offers a wide array of services to residents of Avery County.

The Health Department provides and ensures the provision of these services:

•  Adult Health
•  Dental Public Health
•  Food, Lodging, and Institutional Sanitation
•  Individual On-site Water Supply
•  Sanitary Sewage Collection, Treatment and Disposal
•  Grade A Milk Sanitation
•  Communicable Disease Control
•  Vital Records Registration
•  Child Health
•  Family Planning
•  Public Health Laboratory Support

Many other services offered include Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, Maternity Care Coordination Program, Child Care Coordination, School Health Programs, WIC Program, Health Education and Wellness Program, Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Communicable Disease Program, and more.