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Appendix A
Contact Information for State Public Health Laboratory Response Network
(September 2002)
Contact information and laboratory specimen-collection systems are subject to change. Before sending specimens to a
state laboratory, this information should be verified. Contact the Association of Public Health Laboratories by telephone at 202-822-5227 or by Internet at
http://www.aphl.org/Public_Health_Labs/index.cfm.
Alabama
Bureau of Clinical Laboratories
State Department of Public Health
8140 University Drive
Montgomery, AL 36130-3017
Phone: 334-260-3400
Fax: 334-244-5083
Alaska
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Public Health Laboratory
4500 Boniface Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99507
Phone: 907-334-2100
Fax: 907-334-2161
American Samoan Department of Health Services
Government of American Samoa
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: 684-633-4606
Fax: 684-633-5379
Arizona Bureau of State Laboratory Services
Arizona Department of Health Services
1520 West Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-542-0357
Fax: 602-542-0760
Arkansas Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-661-2191
Fax: 501-661-2310
California
California State Department of Health Service
2151 Berkeley Way, Room 703
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510-540-2408
Fax: 510-540-3075
Colorado Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
P.O. Box 17123
Denver, CO 80217
Phone: 303-692-3096
Fax: 303-692-3008
Connecticut Division of Laboratories
Connecticut Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 1689
10 Clinton Street
Hartford, CT 06144
Phone: 860-509-8500
Fax: 860-509-8697
Delaware Delaware Public Health Laboratory
P.O. Box 1047
Smyrna, DE 19977-1047
Phone: 302-653-2870
Fax: 302-653-2877
District of Columbia Department of Health---Public Health Laboratory
300 Indiana Avenue, NW
Suite 6154
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-727-8956
Fax: 202-724-1455
Florida Department of Health
Bureau of Laboratories
P.O. Box 210
Jacksonville, FL 32331-0042
Phone: 904-791-1550
Fax: 904-791-1567
Georgia Georgia Public Health Laboratory
Department of Human Resources
1749 Clifton Road
Decatur, GA 30033-4050
Phone: 404-327-7900
Fax: 404-327-7919
Guam Inactive (as of 11/09/01)
Department of Public Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: 671-735-7102
Fax: 671-734-5910
Hawaii Laboratory Division
State of Hawaii Department of Health
2725 Wiamano Home Road, 3rd Floor
Pearl City, HI 96782
Phone: 808-453-6652
Fax: 808-453-6662
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
2220 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise, ID 83712
Phone: 208-334-2235
Fax: 208-334-2382
Illinois Illinois Department of Public Health
825 North Rutledge Street
P.O. Box 19435
Springfield, IL 62794-9435
Phone: 217-782-6562
Fax: 217-524-7924
Indiana Indiana State Department of Health
635 North Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-233-8006
Fax: 317-233-8003
Iowa University Hygienic Laboratory
University of Iowa
H 101 Oakdale Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-4500
Fax: 319-335-4600
Kansas Division of Health and Environmental Laboratories
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Forbes Building, No. 740
Topeka, KS 66620
Phone: 785-296-1619
Fax: 785-296-1641
Kentucky Department for Public Health
100 Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-4446
Fax: 502-564-7019
Louisiana State Office Building, Central Laboratory
325 Loyola Avenue, 7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-5375
Fax: 504-568-5393
Maine Department of Human Services
221 State Street, Station 12
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-2727
Fax: 207-287-6832
Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
P.O. Box 2355
Baltimore, MD 21203
Phone: 410-767-6100
Fax: 410-333-5403
Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute
305 South Street
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617-983-6201
Fax: 617-983-6927
Michigan Michigan Department of Community Health
2250 North MLK Boulevard, Building 44
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-8063
Fax: 517-335-9631
Minnesota Minnesota Department of Health
717 Delaware Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Phone: 612-676-5331
Fax: 612-676-5514
Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory
Mississippi Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Phone: 601-576-7582
Fax: 601-576-7720
Missouri State Public Health Laboratory
Missouri Department of Health
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-751-3334
Fax: 573-751-7219
Montana Public Health Laboratory
P.O. Box 6489
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-444-3444
Fax: 406-444-1802
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
University of Nebraska Medical Center
600 42nd Street
Omaha, NE 68198
Phone: 402-559-4116
Fax: 402-559-4077
Nevada Nevada State Laboratory
University of Nevada School of Medicine
1660 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503-1738
Phone: 775-688-1335
Fax: 775-688-1460
New Hampshire Office of Community and Public Health
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-4657
Fax: 603-271-4783
New Jersey Public Health Laboratories
John Fitch Plaza, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 361
Trenton, NJ 08625-0361
Phone: 609-292-7783
Fax: 609-292-9285
New Mexico New Mexico Department of Health
Scientific Laboratory Division
P.O. Box 4700
Albuquerque, NM 87196-4700
Phone: 505-841-2500
Fax: 505-841-2543
New York
Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health
P.O. Box 509
Albany, NY 12201
Phone: 518-474-7592
Fax: 518-474-3439
North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health
P.O. Box 28047
Raleigh, NC 27611-8047
Phone: 919-715-5874
Fax: 919-733-8695
North Dakota Division of Microbiology
North Dakota Department of Health
P.O. Box 5520
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: 701-328-5262
Fax: 701-328-5270
Northern Mariana Islands Inactive (as of 11/09/01)
Department of Public Health
Commonwealth Health Center
P.O. Box 409 CL
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670-234-8950
Fax: 670-234-8930
Ohio State Department of Health
P.O. Box 2568
Columbus, OH 43216
Phone: 614-644-4590
Fax: 614-752-9863
Oklahoma Public Health Laboratory Services
State Department of Health
P.O. Box 24106
Oklahoma City, OK 73214
Phone: 405-271-5070
Fax: 405-271-4850
Oregon Oregon Health Division
Center for Public Health Laboratories
P.O. Box 275
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: 503-229-5296
Fax: 503-229-5682
Pennsylvania Bureau of Laboratories
Pennsylvania Department of Health
P.O. Box 500
Exton, PA 19341-0500
Phone: 610-280-3464
Fax: 610-594-9972
Puerto Rico Institute of Health Laboratory
Department of Health
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Building A --- Call Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936-8184
Phone: 787-274-7817
Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Health
50 Orms Street
Providence, RI 02904-2283
Phone: 401-222-5554
Fax: 401-222-3332
South Carolina Harold Dowda, PhD
Director, Bureau of Laboratories
Department of Health & Environmental Control
P.O. Box 2202
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-896-0800
Fax: 803-896-0983
South Dakota Michael Smith
Laboratory Director
615 East Fourth Street
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4757
Fax: 605-773-6129
Tennessee Tennessee Department of Health
630 Hart Lane
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: 615-262-6300
Fax: 615-262-6393
Texas Texas Department of Health
110 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: 512-458-7318, ext. 2418
Fax: 512-458-7221
Utah Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services
46 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84113-1105
Phone: 801-584-8450
Fax: 801-584-8486
Vermont Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05420-0070
Phone: 802-863-7246
Fax: 802-865-7701
Virgin Islands Inactive (as of 11/09/01)
Roy L. Schneider Hospital
P.O. Box 7309
Charlotte Amalie, VI 00801
Phone: 340-776-8311
Fax: 340-714-6314
Virginia Division of Consolidation Laboratory Services
Commonwealth of Virginia
One North 14th Street, Room 231
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-786-7905
Fax: 804-371-7973
Washington Washington State Department of Health
Public Health Laboratories
1610 NE 150th Street
P.O. Box 550501
Shoreline, WA 98155-9701
Phone: 206-361-2885
Fax: 206-361-2904
West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services
State of West Virginia
Department of Health & Human Resources
167 11th Avenue
South Charleston, WV 25303-1137
Phone: 304-558-3530
Fax: 304-558-2006
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
William D. Stovall Building
465 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-3911
Fax: 608-262-3257
Wyoming Wyoming Public Health Laboratory
517 Hathaway Building
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307-777-6066
Fax: 307-777-6422
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