Department of Health Services — Brevard County, Florida

DOH-Brevard runs its administration and vital records from Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera and its listed walk-in clinics from Melbourne and Titusville.

The Viera Administrative Headquarters at 2565 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera keeps weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and lists birth and death certificates and school health as its public services (DOH-Brevard Viera headquarters). The general directory number for the whole county department is 321-454-7111, and a disease reporting line at 321-454-7101 is listed as available 24/7 (DOH-Brevard home page).

Of the two clinics with their own location pages, the Melbourne Clinic at 601 E. University Blvd. in Melbourne is the one in South Brevard, the part of the county that also takes in Palm Bay, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria and Micco. Its location page names four services there: family planning, immunizations, STI/STDs and WIC, with public health immunizations offered 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and a teen clinic on Tuesdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (DOH-Brevard Melbourne Clinic). Medical records at Melbourne answer at 321-726-2925, and clinic appointments across the county book through 321-637-7300.

The Titusville Clinic at 611 North Singleton Avenue in Titusville adds school health to the same list of services and holds its Tuesday teen clinic from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (DOH-Brevard Titusville Clinic). A Viera Clinic also appears on the department's Family Planning and PATH pages and books through the shared 321-637-7300 line.

The DOH-Brevard Office of Vital Statistics in Viera issues certified Florida birth records from 1930 to present and death records from 2009 to present, each for $12.00, in person, by mail or by fax.

Walk-in requests go to the counter at 2565 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and a valid picture ID is required (DOH-Brevard Birth Certificates). Mail requests go to the same Viera address, attention Office of Vital Statistics, with $2.00 added for shipping and handling and a photocopy of the applicant's picture ID. Fax orders to 321-454-7164 carry an additional $10.00 processing fee, are processed within one business day, and UPS express delivery costs $18.00. The office accepts cash, MasterCard, Visa or money order, and no personal checks.

Eligibility is narrower for death records. The Viera office issues them to the registrant's spouse, child, grandchild or sibling of legal age, a parent, or a legal representative, and older records come from the Jacksonville state office (DOH-Brevard Death Certificates). Birth records before 1930 are also ordered through Jacksonville. Florida marriage and divorce certificates are issued only for events after June 6, 1927; earlier ones come from the Clerk of Court in the county where the license was issued or the divorce granted (DOH-Brevard Certificates). Online orders run through VitalChek, a third-party vendor whose fees may differ from the counter price in Viera.

DOH-Brevard's clinical and nutrition programs cover family planning, immunizations, maternity, school and sports physicals, school health, dental sealants, breast and cervical cancer early detection, the PATH clinic and WIC, spread across its Melbourne, Viera and Titusville sites.

The Clinical and Nutrition Services page lists those programs and a clinical services line at 321-454-7131 (DOH-Brevard Clinical and Nutrition Services). Family planning at the Melbourne Clinic is scheduled at 321-726-2909, and the Viera and Titusville clinics book at 321-637-7300. A pregnancy test for eligibility purposes carries a $25 fee; clients may qualify for a Florida Medicaid Family Planning Waiver or a sliding fee scale based on income, or elect to pay the full fee (DOH-Brevard Family Planning).

School and sports physicals are offered in Viera and Melbourne. Student athletes in grades 7 through 12 need a sports physical, students entering a Florida public school for the first time need a school physical, and each costs $45 per student at the Viera and Melbourne locations, booked through 321-637-7300 (DOH-Brevard School and Sports Physicals).

PATH, the Primary Access to Health program, is a partnership of the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, DOH-Brevard and Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine, run by volunteer staff inside the Viera Clinic (DOH-Brevard PATH Clinic). To qualify, a person must be a Brevard County resident with family income below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines and no Medicaid, Medicare, private, military or other coverage; eligibility screening and appointments run through Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine at 321-639-5813.

WIC at the Melbourne and Titusville clinics serves pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children under 5 who live in Florida, meet the income limits and have a nutrition risk, with certification appointments booked at 321-639-5793.

The income limits in the table come from the chart DOH-Brevard posted as revised June 26, 2026, and an unborn baby counts as one extra person in household size (DOH-Brevard WIC). A household already receiving Medicaid, temporary cash assistance or food assistance may be income-eligible without showing pay stubs. WIC services are listed at the Melbourne and Titusville clinics, the two location pages the department publishes with a WIC schedule of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

Documents for a Brevard WIC appointment in Melbourne or Titusville include proof of all household income from the last 28 to 31 days, one current proof of a Florida address with no P.O. boxes, and one proof of identity for each applicant, such as a birth certificate, crib card or Social Security card. Benefits load onto a WIC EBT card used at authorized stores, with a balance line at 866-629-1095.

DOH-Brevard's Environmental Public Health office, reached at 321-633-2100, still permits and inspects septic tanks across Brevard County and permits wells under six inches in diameter, even though the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has governed septic law since July 1, 2021.

The onsite sewage page states the split plainly: DEP has enforced the laws and rules on onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems since July 1, 2021, but DOH-Brevard still handles permitting and inspection for septic tanks in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard Onsite Sewage Disposal). Since July 1, 2022, owners, or contractors with owner authorization, may hire a private provider for those inspections. A septic plan review for an accessory structure such as a shed, pool or fence costs $30 and must be delivered or mailed, not submitted electronically. Operating permits apply to aerobic treatment units, performance-based systems, commercial systems and industrial-zoned systems.

Construction permit applications and inspection requests go to the office by email, and historical septic records for Brevard County properties are posted on the department's Laserfiche site (DOH-Brevard Septic Construction Permits). The same page links Chapter 46, Article II of the Brevard County Code and an Indian River Lagoon septic overlay map. Inside Palm Bay, the city's own septic page sends residents with a septic question or concern to the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County at (321) 633-2100 (City of Palm Bay septic page).

Wells follow a delegation. Through an agreement with the St. Johns River Water Management District and Brevard County, DOH-Brevard is the permitting authority for wells under six inches in diameter, applied for by a licensed water well contractor through the district's ePermit system (DOH-Brevard Well Construction). Wells six inches or larger, and any well in a delineated area, are permitted by the district itself; well permits from mid-2002 onward are on Laserfiche.

The Brevard health department began in January 1947 as the Brevard/Osceola Health Department in the old BelAire Arcade in downtown Cocoa and became a Brevard-only department by 1959.

The space program drove the change. The department's history page records that Cape Canaveral was selected as a launch site in 1954 and the population grew from 20,000 to well over 100,000, that three clinics opened between 1962 and 1977, and that the staff now numbers approximately 350 for more than 600,000 residents (DOH-Brevard History). Kristine Zonka, a former Brevard County Commissioner, joined as health officer in April 2023 (DOH-Brevard About Us).

Some calls that start with the health department end elsewhere in county government. A possible rabies exposure in Palm Bay, Melbourne or anywhere in the county is reported to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Animal Services Enforcement at 321-633-2024 (DOH-Brevard Rabies), and restaurant complaints go to the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation rather than the Viera office (DOH-Brevard Environmental Public Health). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County website.