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How To Obtain A Health Card

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.

St.  Croix St. Thomas/St. John
Charles Harwood Complex
1500 Est. Richmond
Christiansted, VI 00820		 Knud Hansen Complex 1303 Hospital Ground, Suite 10 St. Thomas, VI 00802
Modular Unit #3  
Monday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm and Friday between the hours of 9am-1pm. Monday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm and Friday between the hours of 9am-1pm.
  • 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:

Food Handlers $30
Day Care operators, Employees, Volunteers, and Interns $30
Massage Therapists, Beauticians, Barbers, Nail Technicians $36
Food Handlers plus one other classification $46
Replacement of lost or damaged Health Card $10