DeSoto County Department of Health
DeSoto County Department of Health
34 South Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, FL - 34266
Telephone: (863) 993-4601
Call for a appointment. Open to general publicMonday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. For those needing health and medical services including: adult child pregnancy women's health family planning nutrition (WIC) communicable diseases(STD-HIV-AIDS, dental services, chronic disease care,prescription assistance and lab work) Primary health care clinics for low income persons services provided on a sliding fee scale. Free services for persons with income below poverty, Medicaid and Medicare accepted. Anyone is eligible who has substantial difficulty in affording private medical care. HEALTH EDUCATION Works with schools, community and area businesses to develop health education and wellness promotion programs. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Issue permits for and conduct compliance inspections for food service, group care, pools, mobile home parks, septic systems, drinking water systems, indoor air quality and other environmental health issues. Investigates health hazards and nuisances complaints. VITAL STATISTICS Birth and death certificates for an established fee.
Many of our Dental Clinics are free and/or government supported. Many are sliding scale dental care for low income. Please call the dental clinics or visit the websites of the dentists to cofirm that these clinics are free or low cost to the needy. We do our best to provide a helpful low cost and free dental services. Always confirm directly with the dental clinis to confirm that our information is up to date.
We also now display low cost, affordable clinics for the needy. Yes, our website name is FreeDental.org, but we now provide more. We are as specific as possible on the listing pages. It is the website users responsibility to contact the clinics listed to confirm whether the clinics is free, low cost, affordable, etc. Do not take it for granted that the clinic is free since it is listed on the website. We provide listings to help those with dental practices and services to help the needy.