Disease Prevention and Control, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Frequently Requested Phone Numbers 

The Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section of the San Francisco Department of Public Health receives clinician reports or legally reportable diseases and conditions. For all other reporting, concerns, and for clinical services call the numbers below:

Animal Bite Reporting
Animal Care & Control, (415) 554-9422 or 24-hour emergency dispatch, (415) 554-9400

Bat Concerns
Animal Care & Control 24-hour emergency dispatch, (415) 554-9400

Dead Bird Testing for West Nile Virus
California Department of Health Services, (877) WNV-BIRD (968-2473)

HIV Testing Services
Anonymous/Confidential HIV Testing & Counseling Services, (415) 502-TEST (8378)

Mosquito Control Problems
Environmental Health Services, (415) 252-3806

Needlestick Hotline (Consultation for clinicians, post-exposure prophylaxis hotline)
(888) 448-4911

Restaurant Sanitation Complaints
Environmental Health Services (415) 252-3800

Sewage Leak
Environmental Health Services, (415) 252-3800

Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing and Reporting
STD Clinic, (628) 217-6653

Suspected Food Poisoning Reporting (less than 4 people ill)
Environmental Health Section, (415) 252-3895

Travel Immunizations
Adult Immunization Clinic, (415) 554-2625

Tuberculosis (TB) Reporting
TB Clinic, (628) 206-8524 or After Hours, (415) 554-3613

Unsanitary Living Conditions
Environmental Health Services, (415) 252-3805

311, City Services Directory
311 Customer Service Center, 3-1-1

Service-specific Clinics

Specialized clinical services are provided by the San Francisco Department of Public Health at the following sites:

Primary care sites – Community Health Centers

Community health centers in San Francisco provide services at reduced prices or on a sliding scale for their current patients only. If you want to enroll as a new patient at one of these clinics, call 311 for more information or visit Healthy San Francisco.