Providing Health Services to Residents of
Swain County and Surrounding Areas

The Swain County Health Department provides many services to residents of Swain County and surrounding areas. The Health Department has a full- time staff consisting of the Health Director, Public Health Nurses, Environmental Health Specialists, Nutritionist, Health Educator, Social Workers, Health Check Coordinator, Management Support Staff and Family Nurse Practitioner.

Our Mission

"The Mission of the Swain County Health Department is to provide compassionate, individualized quality health care by a caring professional staff, specifically trained to meet the special health care needs of all our citizens and to continually monitor, anticipate, and respond to community health problems with emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention and accessibility."

HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS can be downloaded from the "FORMS" page. This link is located at the top of this page. You may also contact the Health Department directly for any of these forms.