South Plains District
South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services
In short
South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services issues 5 permits we publish for South Plains District, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary Event Permitonly if it applies to you | South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services | $50 for each of the first two days, then $25 for each additional day | per event | 2026-08-25 |
| Childcare Facility Inspection | South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services | $50–$150 by facility type | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Food Service Establishment Permit | South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services | $300–$500 per year, by risk band | 1 year | 2026-08-25 |
| On-Site Sewage Facility (OSSF) Inspectiononly if it applies to you | South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services | $200–$400 by inspection type | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Food Establishment Re-inspection Feeonly if it applies to you | South Plains Public Health District, Environmental Health Services | $125–$145 escalating by attempt | per inspection | 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
Temporary Event Permit
Metered by the day rather than charged flat: $50 for each of the first two days and $25 a day after, so a five-day run costs $175. A registered 501(c)(3) pays nothing. The trap is the notice period — an application with less than seven days' notice adds a $100 expedited fee, which on a two-day event doubles the cost. Seasonal permits are pro-rated by risk band and by the number of months traded.
Childcare Facility Inspection
$150 for a licensed day care and $50 for foster care. Both are district environmental health inspections and neither replaces the license a child care operation holds from Texas Health and Human Services. At $150 this sits below Amarillo's $350 and level with Brazos County.
Food Service Establishment Permit
Three risk bands, and the district defines each one by what it buys rather than by an abstract category: Risk 1 is $300 for one inspection a year, Risk 2 is $400 for two, Risk 3 is $500 for three. Follow-up inspections carry no fee at all, which is unusual and worth knowing — most jurisdictions here charge $75 to $200 a visit. Schools pay nothing, a non-profit nursing home pays nothing and a for-profit one pays $250. If your premises is inside the Lubbock city limits this is the wrong regulator: the city runs its own schedule from $100.
On-Site Sewage Facility (OSSF) Inspection
$400 for an on-site sewage facility inspection, or $200 for a visual inspection of a permitted or non-permitted system, or of a modification to one previously permitted. Cheaper than Amarillo's $900 commercial OSSF permit and Brazos County's $570. The district also warns that an unauthorised installation is a Class C misdemeanour with the fine set by the JP court — a rare instance of a fee schedule naming a criminal consequence rather than a charge.
Food Establishment Re-inspection Fee
$125 for the first reinspection, $135 for the second and $145 for the third — a gentle escalation compared with Odessa's or Plano's ladders, and notably distinct from the free follow-up inspections the district offers. All reinspections must be scheduled through an inspector rather than requested informally. An unpaid invoice adds $100 after thirty days.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- South Plains District
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- southplainshealth.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.
- South Plains Public Health District Fee Schedule for Environmental Health Services, 2025 (filed with Texas DSHS 15 October 2025)South Plains Public Health District, 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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