Gillespie County
Gillespie County Health Division
In short
Gillespie County Health Division issues 5 permits we publish for Gillespie County, last verified 2026-08-25. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Health Permit | Gillespie County Health Division | $385–$500 per year, by employee count | 1 year | 2026-08-25 |
| Plan Review | Gillespie County Health Division | $100–$300 per review, by employee count | per review | 2026-08-25 |
| Childcare Environmental Inspection | Gillespie County Health Division | $50–$100 childcare or foster and adoption | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Reinspectiononly if it applies to you | Gillespie County Health Division | $150 per reinspection | per inspection | 2026-08-25 |
| Temporary Event Health Permitonly if it applies to you | Gillespie County Health Division | $50–$200 one-time, annual or farmers market | 14 days for a one-time event; 1 January to 31 December for the annual permit | 2026-08-25 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Retail Health Permit
Three tiers on employee count: $385 for 1 to 5, $450 for 6 to 19 and $500 at 20 or more. The $385 entry is high for a small operation — Victoria County starts at $200 and El Paso at $174 — but the $500 ceiling is among the lowest here, so Gillespie is comparatively kind to a large employer. Non-profit organisations are exempt. The late fee is dated rather than relative: $100 falls due on 10 January, so a renewal is either in on time or it is not.
Plan Review
$100 for 1 to 5 employees, $200 for 6 to 19 and $300 at 20 or more. Banding plan review on headcount is rare — Plano, Galveston County and Irving all charge it flat — and it means a small operator here pays $100 against Plano's $475 for the same step. A HACCP plan review is a further $100.
Childcare Environmental Inspection
$100 for a childcare environmental inspection, which the schedule notes is required by HHSC for childcare facilities, and $50 for a foster and adoption inspection. The HHSC reference is useful: it confirms the county inspection exists to satisfy a state licensing requirement rather than as a separate local hurdle.
Reinspection
$150, and the trigger is stated exactly: required if the establishment scores below 70 or fails its initial inspection. A published threshold is worth more than the fee itself — it tells you the number to manage against. A school food establishment run for profit by a private contractor is $250, while ISD cafeterias and non-profits pay $100 for a requested inspection. Duplicating a permit is $10.
Temporary Event Health Permit
$50 for a one-time event good for 14 days, $200 for an annual permit running 1 January to 31 December, or $100 for farmers market vendors only. Two deadlines are priced and both are worth diarising: applying within ten days of the event adds $20, applying within three days adds $50, and the fee schedule states 'No permits day of event'. At four events a year the annual permit is already cheaper.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Gillespie County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.gillespiecounty.org/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- 2026 Gillespie County Health Division Fee Schedule (filed with Texas DSHS 25 November 2025)Gillespie County, filed with Texas Department of State Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-25
- Texas DSHS Local Ordinance and Fee Schedule RegistryTexas Department of State Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-24
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