314 East Lee St. | Thomaston, GA  30286
Phone: 706.647.7148  |  Fax: 706.647.3372

Monday – Friday   |  8 am – 5 pm
closed for lunch: 12 – 1 pm

Upson County’s Environmental Health Office monitors and addresses threats to health and safety posed by physical, chemical and biological factors in our natural and built environments. The county office monitors and enforces policies and programs to reduce environmental hazards, handles inspections and complaints, and monitors safety concerns in the areas listed below.

Body Art – Tattoos and Piercings
Food Service
Public Swimming Pools
Tourist Accommodations
Mold, Mosquitoes and Bedbugs
Rabies
Wastewater Management
Well Water
Other Common Complaints

COMMON FORMS
Food Service Application
Residential Septic Permit Application
Residential Repair Permit Application

Visit Environmental Health for additional forms and resources.

314 East Lee St.  | Thomaston, GA  30286
Fax: 706.890.2314

Closed Monday and Wednesday
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday |  8 am – 5 pm
closed for lunch: 12 – 1 p.m.

CALL FOR APPOINTMENTS:
706.298.6080 or 770.722.0633
To apply for WIC, call us or visit Georgia Gateway.

WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Located in the same building as the health department, the Upson County WIC and Nutrition Center stands ready to support low-income families in taking care of their health through the services Georgia WIC offers: nutritious foods, health education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care.

This free program is available to pregnant women, new moms, breastfeeding moms, and parents or guardians who are the sole provider of children under age five and meet the income and nutritional requirements. The WIC program also provides participants with individually tailored healthy food vouchers that can be used at thousands of stores through Georgia’s eWIC program, the state’s electronic food system for issuing food benefits.

Our health department’s Travel Health Clinic provides consultations on your travel plans to assess your risk and help you minimize accidents, injury and disease during your journey. We use a questionnaire (you can fill it out ahead of time and bring it with you) in our assessment to ensure we understand the purpose of the visit, type of travel planned, traveler health status and more. This will help us determine the need for any vaccinations or special advice before your trip.

We supply and administer all international travel vaccines, with varying fees based on vaccines needed. Please plan to make an appointment at least 4-8 weeks before your journey, as it may take up to a month to complete some vaccine treatments. Learn more about the required and recommended vaccines specific to your travel destination.

Other Resources:

• Accepted Insurance
• Travel Health Resources

Upson County Vital Records Office
314 East Lee St. | Thomaston, GA  30286
Phone: 706.647.7148

Monday – Friday | 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
closed for lunch from 12 – 1 p.m.

REQUEST ONLINE: You can request a certified copy of a birth or death certificate through our online ordering system available through an independent company, VitalDirector. Birth certificates are available for those born anywhere in Georgia from 1919 to the present. Each birth or death certificate is $25 (and $5 for each additional copy of the same certificate). There is an additional fee between $2-16 for using the online service. VitalDirector accepts all major credit cards, including American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa.

REQUEST IN PERSON: You may request a certified copy of a birth or death certificate in person at our Vital Records office from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed for lunch from noon-1:00 p.m.). The search fee (includes one certified copy, if the record is found on file) is $25, and additional copies of the same certified record (if ordered at the same time) are $5 each. Please bring the appropriate fee and a photo ID. We accept all major credit cards (including American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa), money orders or cash. We DO NOT ACCEPT American Express checks or personal checks. Learn more about acceptable IDs and other required documentation.

Visit District 4’s Vital Records page for more information.