Medical Providers

Ventura County Public Health has established a hotline to answer the following questions from the medical community. If you are a medical provider practicing in Ventura County please call 1-888-870-0425 if you are:

• A medical provider needing consultation.
• A medical provider needing to report another communicable disease.

Guidance from Ventura County Ambulatory Care

• Consolidated List of Area Health System COVID Screening Locations
• List – Hospitals, Urgent Care Centers and In-County Clinics
• SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) Testing Criteria
• County of Ventura Guide: Managing patients – Suspected Cases of COVID-19
  Checklist for managing suspect patients or patients under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
• What to Do If You Were Exposed to Someone with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• COVID-19 Patient Instructions
• COVID-19 Home Isolation Instructions
• Long-term Care Facility Guidance for Preventing and Managing COVID-19
• Hospital Holding Unit Guidance for COVID-19
• Update on COVID-19 and Pediatric Patients for Emergency Department Physicians
• COVID-19 in Children in the United States

For information on how the virus spreads and how to protect yourself at work, please visit:

• How Does COVID-19 Spread?
• Clinical Guidance for Patient Management
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Personal Protective Equipment

COVID-19 Testing

If you are symptomatic please call your primary care doctor for your health questions. Your primary care doctor would make the recommendation for COVID-19 testing. If you do not have a primary care provider, please visit Find a Doctor. You do not need to contact Public Health to request a test. Your doctor will contact Public Health if your test is positive.