New Establishment License Application – Complete All 3 Steps
- Visit the Environmental Health Tab below and select the establishment type you are applying for.
- Complete the relevant application and forms listed and submit it by mail or email to:
- Taylor County Health Department, 224 S. 2nd St., Medford, WI 54451
- TCHD@co.taylor.wi.us
- Submit payment by mail (check) or online: [Click Here]
Once your application and payment have been received and processed, Environmental Health Specialist, Brooke will contact you to schedule your pre-inspection.
To report a communicable disease or for questions, please call 715 . 748 . 1410 - option 6.
Featured Links:
- Communicable Disease Fact Sheets
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Information from the CDC)
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist
The Taylor County Health Department provides confidential consultation and follow-up for surveillance and control of specific infectious diseases, including vector-borne diseases, vaccine preventable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and food and waterborne illnesses.
Program Objectives:
- Investigation, follow-up and surveillance for all reported communicable diseases
- Institute control measures to protect the public
- Prevention of vaccine preventable disease through immunization
- Provide communicable disease education to health care providers, community members and individuals diagnosed
Reporting Communicable Disease:
- Wisconsin Statutes 252.05 and Administrative Rule Chapter HFS 145 require the reporting of communicable disease to the health department for follow-up.
Disease Control Focus Areas:
- Food and Waterborne Illness Examples:
- Campylobacteriosis
- Giardiasis
- Salmonellosis
- HIV and AIDS
- Vector-Borne Disease Examples:
- Blastomycosis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Lyme Disease
- West Nile Virus
- Vaccine-Preventable Disease Examples:
- Diphtheria
- Hepatitis B
- Influenza
- Measles
- Mumps
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
- Polio
- Rubella
- Tetanus
- Varicella (Chicken Pox)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Examples:
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- Tuberculosis
- COVID-19
- Influenza
- This can be divided into several types which include seasonal, pandemic and avian. A presentation is available differentiating the types from the Health Department. There are checklists available at the pandemic flu website for your home, business and schools.




