Health Cards are issued by the office of the Division of Environmental Health Services and are a requirement to work in the following industries: food service, childcare, beauty, barbers, spas, nail salons, and massage parlors. A Health Card is proof that you do not carry any parasitic diseases, based on stool sample test results from a certified lab.

• Go to a medical lab and explain that you need to obtain a health card. The lab will instruct you on how to provide a stool sample to test for parasites. If using the hospital laboratory, it is $30 to process a stool sample.
• Go to the Environmental Health office in Department of Health with a photo identification card (i.e. driver’s license, passport, or green card), the results of the stool sample, and a valid form of payment. o Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard and American Express
• Health cards must be renewed annually for all employees and must be in their possession at all times.

Below, are the costs associated with obtaining a Health Card: