To help all residents of Clark County realize their best health outcomes, the Clark County Combined Health District promotes policies, creates systems, and offers services that empower residents to live a healthy life.
Our workforce of over 100 individuals is dedicated to preventing the spread of disease, promoting health lifestyles, and protecting the environment.
To improve the health of the community through the prevention of disease, promotion of wellness, and protection from injury.
In 1893, the State of Ohio required all municipalities to establish a Board of Health. This requirement created 2,158 city, village and township health “units” in Ohio.
On April 17, 1919 the Hughes Act and Griswold Amendment created city and general health districts by requiring the 2,158 health units to combine into 88 general (county) health “districts” and 92 city health “districts.” We generally consider this the “birthday” of the Clark County General Health District and the City of Springfield Health District.
The Hughes Act and Griswold Amendment also required the newly formed health districts to employ a Health Commissioner, public health nurse and a clerk.
The two local health districts merged on June 26, 1996 to form the Clark County Combined Health District.
Separately, the City of New Carlisle (which became a city and established their own health district in 1973) entered into a contractual agreement with the Clark County Combined Health District on January 1, 2005 for all health department services.
Since 1919, our programs continue to grow and change because of new public health needs of the population.
Each Year CCCHD releases an annual report about what we have accomplished in the past year, and what we would like to accomplish as future goals. To read 2023’s Annual Report Please click on the picture of the report.
Local Health Departments are governed by regulations in the
Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)
Health Commissioner: Chris Cook, MPH, REHS
Deputy Health Commissioner: Gracie Hemphill, MPH
Director of Environmental Health: Elizabeth DeWitt, REHS
Director of Nursing: Christina Conover, BSN, RN
Director of WIC: Emily Shaffer, MS, RDN, LD, CLS
Director of Early Childhood: Lori Lambert, MA, LSW
