Florida Department of Health in Indian River County — Sebastian, Florida

The Florida Department of Health in Indian River County serves Sebastian from its Main Office at 1900 27th St., Vero Beach, and its Wabasso Satellite Site at 8445 64th Ave.; it has no office inside Sebastian.

DOH-Indian River lists two locations: the Main Office at 1900 27th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960, phone 772-794-7400, and the Wabasso Satelite Site at 8445 64th Ave., Wabasso, FL 32970, phone 772-794-7480 (DOH-Indian River About Us). Neither sits within Sebastian city limits, so a resident of the Sebastian Highlands, Roseland or the riverfront along Indian River Drive travels to Wabasso or to Vero Beach for any in-person visit. The department states that its staff includes licensed medical and environmental professionals, qualified support staff and interpreters, and that it has a nurse on-call, available 24/7.

The department is the county unit of a statewide agency. DOH-Indian River describes itself as part of an integrated agency under the direction of the Florida Department of Health with local, county, and state commitments (DOH-Indian River). Its history page traces county public health work in Indian River County to 1925, when a club-sponsored public health nurse and county welfare worker was hired, and states that the department moved into its current building on 27th Street in 1991 (DOH-Indian River history). The same page lists Miranda C. Swanson, MPH, as Health Officer, a post she was appointed to in 2006.

Last verified: October 11, 2026, on the Florida Department of Health in Indian River County website.

For Sebastian families, DOH-Indian River lists family planning, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease services, immunizations, school health and WIC as its clinical services, most on a sliding fee scale.

The Clinical Services page states that most services are available on a sliding fee scale and are based on income and family size, and that clients may choose to go through the income eligibility process or pay full fee. The Indian River County eligibility line is 772-794-7425, and new patients bring photo identification and any insurance information (DOH-Indian River eligibility). Childhood immunizations for ages 2 months through age 18 are listed as free if eligible through the CDC Vaccines for Children program. The same page sends Medicaid applications to the Department of Children and Families at 1-866-762-2237.

DOH-Indian River provides childhood immunizations for residents, with information at 772-794-7425, and the department asks families to bring a picture ID and all previous immunization records for each person needing services (DOH-Indian River immunizations). The same page links to the childhood immunization requirements for school attendance, the records Sebastian families need when enrolling children in school. The School Health Program, phone 772-794-7473, is described as a collaborative effort of the Florida Department of Health and Department of Education (DOH-Indian River school health).

Clinic paperwork has its own office. The Medical Records Department is located at the Main Office on 27th Street in Vero Beach, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and closed daily for lunch from 11:45 to 1 p.m., reachable at 772-794-7400, Ext. 1024 (DOH-Indian River medical records). Only the client can sign for the release of an adult's records, and a photo ID is required, so a Sebastian resident cannot send a relative to collect them without legal documents.

Sebastian households apply for WIC by calling DOH-Indian River at 772-794-7430 for an appointment, and the program covers pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children under 5.

DOH-Indian River describes the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program as a federally-funded supplemental nutrition program that provides healthy foods, breastfeeding support, nutrition education and referrals at no cost (DOH-Indian River WIC). Its income chart, revised July 14, 2026, lists a maximum annual gross income of $29,526 for a household of 1 and $61,050 for a household of 4. Indian River County families that receive SNAP, Medicaid or temporary cash assistance are automatically income-eligible.

The Apply For WIC page says dads, grandparents, foster parents and anyone raising kids under five can apply for the children in their care, which covers Sebastian grandparents raising grandchildren. The child, infant or woman applying must attend the appointment. WIC is also one of the services listed at the Wabasso Satellite Location, the department's only listed site outside Vero Beach (DOH-Indian River Wabasso).

The Wabasso Satellite Site at 8445 64th Ave. is the only DOH-Indian River location outside Vero Beach, offering screenings, WIC, senior meals and county assistance applications through partner agencies.

The site grew out of community planning. DOH-Indian River states it became involved in Wabasso with its first Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE-EH) project in 2004 and returned with a second PACE-EH Project in 2021 (DOH-Indian River Wabasso Satellite Location). The goal was a health department site in Wabasso offering services in each priority area residents named, either directly or through partners.

The services listed at Wabasso include free, on-site health screenings in partnership with several local service organizations, referrals, health education with the Senior Resource Association, a congregate meal site for seniors 5 days a week, WIC, the Whole Family Health Center mobile medical office, and a Treasure Coast Food Bank pantry. The site also takes applications for financial assistance with utilities, rent, prescriptions, and indigent cremation in partnership with Indian River County Human Services. That county program is run from 1800 27th St., 2nd Floor, Vero Beach, phone 772-226-1423 (DOH-Indian River Human Services Program), and its rules are covered on a separate Sebastian guide.

Environmental Public Health at 1900 27th St., phone 772-794-7440, runs the programs for septic systems, private wells, pools and food hygiene for Sebastian and the rest of Indian River County.

The section's program list runs from biomedical waste to tattoo facilities. The parts Sebastian homeowners meet most often are Onsite Sewage Disposal, Private Well Water, Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Places, Food Safety and Hygiene, Mobile Home and RV Parks, and the Indian River Lagoon and Coconut Point program. The department also states that Environmental Health provides guidance to the public, businesses and other agencies during emergencies such as hurricanes, fires, floods, hazardous materials incidents and sewage spills, a list that applies to Sebastian homes along the Indian River Lagoon as much as anywhere in the county.

Several Sebastian questions have their own pages, so this guide only points to them. Septic permits and records: Onsite Sewage Disposal, through Environmental Public Health. Private well testing: the Private Well Water program, covered on the Sebastian well water page. Mosquito-borne diseases: listed under Environmental Epidemiology Investigations. Sanitary nuisance and environmental complaints: the Complaint Investigations program, same 772-794-7440 line. Birth and death certificates: issued through the Bureau of Vital Statistics and ordered online through VitalChek, by mail or in person (DOH-Indian River certificates), covered on the Sebastian certificates guide.

Disease reporting and animal bites have their own lines. DOH-Indian River lists 772-794-7472 to report a disease and also for rabies information or to report an animal bite (DOH-Indian River), and its rabies page directs possible rabies exposures outside the City of Vero Beach to county animal control (DOH-Indian River rabies surveillance), and Indian River County Animal Control lists (772) 226-4799 on its own page (Indian River County Animal Control). The home page showed a Rabies Alert Issued for Indian River County, Effective September 24, 2026 to November 24, 2026 when fetched on October 11, 2026, covering Sebastian along with the rest of the county.