Alphabetical List of
Texas Department of State Health Services
Records Retention Schedule by Program
The Texas Department of State Health Services records retention schedule was re-certified on November 7, 2008. The retention schedule is based on the DSHS organizational chart.
(By agreement among the HHS Records Management Officers, DSHS also is the record holder of legacy agency MHMR records in storage.)
Records in the current Department of State Health Services may be found in the individual files listed below. If you cannot find the records applicable to an organizational division, section, unit, branch or group, please contact a Records Coordinator or the Records Management office.
The retention schedules are available as pdf files. For information on downloading the free Adobe Acrobat Reader see File Viewing Information.
Quick Links to organizational area retention schedules
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A
Academic Linkages, Office of (pdf format 28KB)
Adult Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch / Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (pdf format 42KB)
Accounting Section (pdf format 65KB) see also Revenue Management Unit (pdf format 28KB)
Associate Commissioner (pdf format 28KB)
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Birth Defects Epi & Surveillance Branch see Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section (pdf format 46KB)
Border Health, Office of (pdf format 41KB)
Breast and Cervical Cancer Control see Performance Management Unit (pdf format 39KB)
Budget Section (pdf format 46KB) includes Reporting Analysis and Policy Unit and Program Analysis and Control Unit
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Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (pdf format 34KB)
Case Management see Specialized Health Services (pdf format 80KB)
Chief Financial Officer (pdf format 32KB) see also Accounting Section; Budget Section; Client Services Contracting Unit (pdf format 30KB); Funds Coordination and Management Branch (pdf format 30KB)
Chief Operating Officer (pdf format 28KB)
Child Health and Safety Branch see Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 32KB)
Civil Rights, HHS (DSHS records maintained by HHS-Office of Civil Rights) (pdf format 20KB)
Client Services Contracting Unit (pdf format 30KB)
Commissioner, Office of the (pdf format 25KB)
Communications Unit (pdf 29KB)
Community Health Services Section (pdf format 34KB) see also County Indigent Health Care (pdf format 32KB); Performance Management Unit (pdf format 39KB); Preventive and Primary Care Unit (pdf format 42KB); Texas Primary Care Office (pdf format 28 KB)
Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services see Program Services Section (pdf format 36KB) and Contractor Services Section (pdf format 29KB) and Hospital Services Section (pdf format 78KB)
Community Preparedness Section (pdf format 34KB)
Consumer and External Affairs, Center for/Consumer Affairs Branch (pdf format 34KB) also see Communications Unit (pdf format 29KB) and Governmental Affairs Unit (pdf format 24KB)
Contract Management Branch (Community Health Services Section) see Performance Management Unit (pdf format 39KB)
Contract Management Unit (Division for Prevention & Preparedness) see Prevention and Preparedness, Division of (pdf format 36KB)
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Contract Oversight and Support Services Section (pdf format 25KB)
Contractor Services Section (CMH&SA) (pdf format 38KB) see also Quality Management and Compliance Unit (pdf format 34KB)
County Indigent Health Care (pdf format 32KB)
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Department of State Health Services Council (pdf format 25KB)
Deputy Commissioner (pdf format 28KB)
Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch see Adult Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch / Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (pdf format 42KB)
Disaster Behavioral Health Services Branch (pdf format 33KB)
Drugs and Medical Devices (pdf format 23KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
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Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch (pdf 38KB) see also Infectious Disease Control Unit (pdf format 32KB) and Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35KB)
EMS/Trauma Coordination (pdf format 35KB) see also Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB)
Enforcement Unit (pdf format 28KB) see also Division of Regulatory Services (pdf format 32KB)
Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB) see also Drugs and Medical Devices (pdf format 23KB); Environmental Health Group and Environmental Branch (pdf format 30KB); Food Establishment Group (pdf format 19KB); Foods Group (pdf format 17KB); Meat Safety (pdf format 22KB); Milk Group (pdf format 21KB); Radiation Control (pdf format 47KB); Seafood and Aquatic Life (pdf format 30KB)
Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch see Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section (pdf format 46KB)
Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section (pdf format 46KB) see also Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (pdf format 34KB)
Environmental Health Group and Environmental Branch (pdf format 30KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (pdf format 45KB)
Executive and Staff Operations Section (pdf format 59KB)
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Family and Community Health Services, Division for (pdf format 27KB) see also Community Health Services Section; Specialized Health Services Section; Nutrition Services Section; Office of Title V and Family Health (pdf format 39KB)
Food & Drug Safety see Regulatory Licensing Unit and Environmental and Consumer Safety Section
Food Establishment Group (pdf format 19KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
Foods Group (pdf format 17KB)
Funds Coordination and Management Branch (pdf format 30KB)
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General Counsel, Office of see Legal Section (pdf format 41KB)
Governmental Affairs Unit (pdf format 24KB)
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Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB) see also EMS/Trauma Coordination (pdf format 35KB); Patient Quality Care Unit (pdf format 42KB); Professional Licensing (pdf format 37KB); Radiation (pdf format 47KB); Regulatory Licensing Unit (pdf format 32KB)
Health Data Assessment and Reporting (pdf format 25KB)
Health Facility Licensing & Compliance see Patient Quality Care Unit (pdf format 42KB) and Regulatory Licensing Unit (pdf format 32KB)
Health Information and Vital Statistics Section (pdf format 30KB) see also Center for Health Statistics (pdf format 52KB) and Vital Statistics Unit (pdf format 75KB)
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 32KB) see alsoAdult Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch / Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (pdf format 42KB)
Health Screening/Case Management Unit see Specialized Health Services (pdf format 80KB) and Texas Health Steps (pdf format 38KB)
Health Service Region (see below)
Regional - Breast and Cervical Cancer Control (pdf format 17KB)
Regional - Core (pdf format 61KB)
Regional - HIV/STD (pdf format 21KB)
Regional - Medical Records (pdf format 35KB)
Regional - Nursing (pdf format 29KB)
Regional - Nutrition (pdf format 17KB)
Regional - Oral Health (pdf format 17KB)
Regional - Primary Health Care (pdf format 17KB)
Regional - Public Health Preparedness (pdf format 19KB)
Regional - Specialized Health and Social Services (pdf format 19KB)
Regional - Tuberculosis Elimination (pdf format 17KB)
Regional - WIC Program (pdf format 25KB)
Regional - Zoonosis (pdf format 29KB)
Health Statistics, Center for (pdf format 52KB)
Historically Underutilized Businesses Program (pdf format 23KB)
HIV/STD see TB / HIV / STD Unit
HIV/STD Comprehensive Services Branch see HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch (pdf format 43KB)
HIV/STD Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch see Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (pdf format 46KB)
Hospitals Services Section (pdf format 78KB) see also Mental Health Hospitals (pdf format 116KB); Texas Center for Infectious Disease (pdf format 105KB); and Rio Grande State Center (pdf format 86KB)
Human Resources (DSHS records maintained by HHS-Human Resources) (pdf format 24KB)
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Immunization Branch (pdf format 38KB)see also Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35 KB)
Infectious Disease Control Unit (pdf format 32KB) see also Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Branch (pdf format 37KB) and Zoonosis (pdf format 35KB); Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35 KB)
Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35KB) see also TB/HIV/STD Unit; Infectious Disease Control Unit (pdf format 32KB); Immunization Branch (pdf format 38KB); Pharmacy Branch (pdf format 33KB)
Information Services (Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (pdf format 25KB)
Information Tech Section (pdf format 59KB)
Inspection Unit see Environmental and Consumer Safety Section
Internal Audit (pdf format 29KB)
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Kidney Health Care see Specialized Health Services Section (pdf format 80KB)
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Laboratory Services Section; Lab Operation Unit; and Quality Control Unit (pdf format 48KB) see also South Texas Lab Branch (pdf format 45KB) and Women's Health Lab Branch (pdf format 51KB)
Legal Section (pdf format 41KB)
Library and Information Services (pdf format 43KB)
Licensing and Compliance see Patient Quality Care Unit (pdf format 42KB) and Regulatory Licensing Unit (pdf format 32KB)
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Meat Group and Meat Safety Assurance (pdf format 22KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
Medical Devices Distributors and Manufacturers see Drugs and Medical Devices (pdf format 23KB)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division (pdf format 34KB) see also Contractor Services Section (pdf format 38KB); Program Services Section (pdf format 42KB); Hospitals Services Section (pdf format 78KB); Information Services (pdf format 25KB); Quality Management and Compliance Unit (pdf format 34KB)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Information Services (pdf format 25KB)
Mental Health Hospitals (pdf format 116KB)
Milk (pdf format 21KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
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Nutrition Services Section (see below)
EBT Development Branch (pdf format 34KB)
Food Issuance and Redemption Services Unit (pdf format 42KB)
Nutrition Education and Clinic Services Unit (pdf format 42KB)
Program Development and Process Improvement Branch (pdf format 30KB)
Program Services and Operation Branch (pdf format 49KB)
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Operations Management, Office of (pdf format 28KB)
Operations Management Branch see Preventive and Primary Care Unit (pdf format 42KB)
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Patient Quality Care (pdf format 42KB) see also Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB)
Performance Management Unit (pdf format 39KB)
Pharmacy Branch (pdf format 33KB) see also Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35 KB)
Policy/Standards/QA Unit see Environmental and Consumer Safety Section
Prevention and Preparedness, Division for (pdf format 36KB)
Preventive and Primary Care Unit (pdf format 42KB) see also Community Health Services Section and County Indigent Group (pdf format 32KB)
Primary Prevention Branch see Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 32KB)
Procurement, HHS (DSHS records maintained by HHS-Procurement and Contracting Services) (pdf format 17KB)
Professional Licensing and Certification (pdf format 37KB) see also Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB)
Program Coordination and Health Policy, Center for (formerly Center for Policy Innovation and Center for Program Coordination) (pdf format 39KB) see also Office of Border Health (pdf format 41KB)
Program Services Section (MH&SA) (pdf format 42KB)
Purchased Health Services see Specialized Health Services Section (pdf format 80KB)
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Quality Management Branch (Community Health Services Section) see Performance Management Unit (pdf format 39KB)
Quality Management and Compliance Unit (MHSA) (pdf format 34KB)
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Radiation Control (pdf format 47KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB) and Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB)
Regional and Local Services, Division for (pdf format 41KB)
Regulatory Licensing Unit (pdf format 32KB) see also Health Care Quality Section-Administrative (pdf format 59KB)
Regulatory Services, Division for (pdf format 32KB) see also Enforcement Unit (pdf format 28KB) ; Health Care Quality Section; and Environmental and Consumer Safety Section
Retail FoodsseeFood Establishment Group (pdf format 19KB) and Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
Revenue Management Unit (pdf format 28KB)
Rio Grande State Center (pdf format 86KB)
Risk Management (pdf format 24KB)
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Seafood and Aquatic Life Group (pdf format 30KB) see also Environmental and Consumer Safety Section - Administrative (pdf format 75KB)
South Texas Health Care System see Rio Grande State Center (pdf format 86KB)
South Texas Lab Branch (pdf format 45KB)
Specialized Health Services Section (pdf format 80KB) see also Texas Health Steps (pdf format 38KB)
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TB / HIV / STD Unit also see TB Services Branch (pdf format 34KB); HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch (pdf format 43KB); and Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (pdf format 45KB); see also Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35 KB)
Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) (pdf format 105KB)
Texas Diabetes Council see Adult Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch / Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (pdf format 42KB)
Texas Health Steps (pdf format 38KB)
Texas Primary Care Office (pdf format 28 KB)
Title V and Family Health, Office of (pdf format 39KB)
Toxic Substances Control see Environmental Health Group and Environmental Branch (pdf format 30KB)
Traffic Safety see Adult Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch / Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (pdf format 42KB)
TB Services Branch (pdf format 34KB)see also Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35KB)
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V
Violent Sex Offender Management, Office of (pdf format 33KB)
Vital Statistics (pdf format 75KB)
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Women's Health Lab Branch (pdf format 51KB)
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Zoonosis Control (pdf format 35KB) see also Infectious Disease Control Unit (pdf format 32KB) and Infectious Disease Prevention Section (pdf format 35KB)
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