The Department of Health offers a wide range of Clinics to families and individuals to assist them. Services include:
- Child Health Clinic
- Family Planning Clinic
- Home Health Care
- Immunizations/Vaccines
- Infectious Disease
- Influenza "Flu"
- Prenatal
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Tuberculosis
Child Health Clinic
The Child Health Clinic provides regular health exams and immunizations to well infants and pre-school children (newborn to 5 years old) in Rockland County. A nurse and/or doctor assess each child’s physical and mental growth and answers parent’s questions about health concerns. Lead screening is available for children nine months to 5-years old.
Times and location: 1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, 2nd floor Rotunda area.
Fees: Free
To make an appointment, call 845-364-2517 or 2518.
Family Planning Clinic
Family planning clinic is now seeing men as well as women.
This clinic provides confidential services to women in their childbearing years (teens to pre-menopause) and to men. Services include exams, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing and counseling, birth control information and supplies, and nutrition education. Women can get pap tests, pelvic exams and breast exams.
Fees: Fees for men and women are based on ability to pay. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted. Patients may be eligible for free service – be sure to ask about out free family planning program.
Times and location: 14 S. Main Street in Spring Valley from 9:00am. – 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday morning, and 1:00p.m. – 5:00p.m on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Robert L. Yeager Health Complex in Pomona (Building A, 2nd floor Rotunda area) from 12:00p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Mondays, and 9:00am – 12:00p.m. on Wednesdays. This clinic is also open 4:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. on the first and third Mondays of the month, except for holiday schedules.
To make an appointment, call 845-364-2531.
Home Health Care
Assessment
Skilled public health nurses make home visits to assess the health status of a patient, offer health guidance, or evaluate placement in a facility.
Licensed Homecare Service Agency (LHCSA)
Public Health Nursing-Home Visits:
- Prenatal Care
- Postpartum/Newborn
- Maternal/Child Health
Joint Program with Department of Social Services
- Evaluation for Personal Care Aides/Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program
- Supervision of Personal Care Aides
Public Health Nursing Activities
- Disease Investigations
- Contact Investigations
Call 845-364-2534 for more information.
Immunization Clinics
Adult Immunization and Foreign Travel
Adults and those traveling to foreign countries can obtain immunizations to prevent a variety of illnesses, including Hepatitis A & B, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, pneumococcal, meningococcal, typhoid, and yellow fever.
A prescription from your doctor is needed for the typhoid and yellow fever vaccines.
Times and location: Mondays 8:30a.m – 10:45a.m. at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, 2nd floor Rotunda area.
Fees: $60 for the clinic visit, plus the cost of each vaccine (only cash and checks are accepted).
For appointments or more information, call 845-364-2517, 2519, or 2520.
Child Immunization
Provides immunization for common childhood diseases for children ages 5-18.
Times and location: Wednesdays 8:30a.m. – 11:00a.m at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, 2nd floor Rotunda area.
For appointments or more information, call 845-364-2517, 2519, or 2520.
Immunization Links:
New York State Immunization Requirements for School Entrance/Attendance
http://www.health.state.ny.us/publications/2370.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Website
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Travel Website
http://www.cdc.gov/travel
Infectious Disease (ID) Clinic
Provides comprehensive medical services, nutrition counseling, and case management services to people over the age of 18 who are living with HIV/AIDS. All services are covered by Medicaid, Medicare, ADAP (a special insurance program available to people who have HIV/AIDS) and private health insurance.
Medical clinics – By appointment
Medical clinics provide physician monitoring, lab work, nursing, nutrition counseling and medical case management.
Tuesday: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Wednesday: 2:30p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Only GYN – once a month on Wednesday. Call for an appointment.
All clinics are held in Pomona at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, 2nd floor Rotunda area.
Please call 845-364-2570 for an appointment.
Other services:
- Outreach/access to primary care
- Treatment, education, and adherence
- Ongoing education in disease management
- Rapid HIV testing and counseling also available. For a list of sites, click here
Case Management:
- Provides patients with a full range of supportive services
- Intake and assessment counseling
- Information and referral
- Housing assistance
- Financial entitlements
Influenza “flu”
The Health Department provides flu vaccines to people ages 9 and older. Clinics are usually held on designated Friday afternoons September - January at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A Exhibition Hall in Pomona. The clinics are available free of charge to adults 60 years and older. Patients with Medicare and Medicaid must bring their cards. Individuals 9 through 59 years of age can receive the vaccine, but will be charged a $25 fee. Each patient must bring proof of Rockland County residency such as a driver’s license. For updated information about the flu and flu vaccine clinics click here.
Prenatal Clinic
These services are available through Nyack Hospital Prenatal Center, 258 High Avenue, Nyack, New York (near Nyack Hospital).
For an appointment or more information, call 845-348-2550.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
The Health Department provides a completely confidential walk-in clinic for men and women which offers testing and treatment for a variety of sexually transmitted infections. Free HIV testing is available by appointment on an anonymous and confidential basis. Rapid HIV testing is also available.
This clinic also offers Hepatitis A, B, and HPV (Gardasil) vaccines free of charge to patients seen at the clinic.
Times and location: Appointments are scheduled from 3:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, 2nd floor.
Fee: All services are free.
Call 845-364-3771 for an appointment or more information.
Tuberculosis (TB) Services
The Health Department offers a chest clinic for evaluation and treatment of persons with active TB, as well as their contacts and other persons at high risk for TB.
Fee: These services are free.
The Health Department also offers a TST clinic that performs tuberculin skin tests to check for Tuberculosis (TB) infection.
Fee: $15.00 charge for TST/ $ 25.00 charge for chest x-ray (if necessary)
Cash or check only accepted at time if appointment.
Times and location: The TST clinic offers tuberculin skin tests from 8:30a.m.-11:00a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. A revisit 48-72 hours later for reading of the test is required. A Thursday session at the same hours is available only for reading of tests.
Call 845-364-2525 or 845-364-2997 for a skin test appointment.
The Chest clinic holds sessions on Monday and Thursday from 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m., and 8:30a.m. – 11:00a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. An evening session is held every other Monday.
Call 845-364-2995 or 845-364-2841 for an appointment.
For general information about tuberculosis, call 845-364-2995.
Administration
Kathy Henry
Acting Commissioner of Health
Contact Us
Rockland County Health Department
Robert L. Yeager Health Center
50 Sanatorium Rd, Building D
Pomona, NY 10970
Phone:
(845) 364-2512