United States of Quentin Department of Health


Flag	Coat of Arms

Motto: "Stable Health Produces Happiness and Prosperity"

Type: United States of Quentin Executive Department

Information

Headquarters

Petruzelli Health Building
Mechanicsburg, GA

Employees

Around 88,456 (2016)

Budget

Ð9.05 billion ($90.56 billion)

Executives

Secretary of Health
Commissioners
Directors

Website

cupboard.gov.nwd/doh[1]

History

Founded

January 1st, 1959

Most Recent Offices Established

January 1st, 2006

The United States of Quentin Department of Health (QUEDOH), commonly referred to in the United States of Quentin as the Department of Health, is a Quentinian federal executive department tasked with the maintenance and protection of health in the United States of Quentin, and ensuring all goods and health services are provided and without issue. The Department of Health's main goals are to protect health, ensure health is attainable, and devise solutions to health issues that may arise. It is a part of the Cupboard, the primary executive advisory and board of action in the executive branch.

The Department of Health is headed by the Secretary of Health, who is appointed by the President with approval from the House of Bureaucrats, and has numerous bureaus and offices to deal with and cover certain issues of health in the nation, more than any other federal executive department as of 2019. The current Secretary is Wex B'Ajou, who was appointed to the position by President Clint Toll in 2022, and advises the President through the Cupboard.

The QUEDOH was created in 1959 by President Jamie Petruzelli, in response to the increasing diversity and modification of the food industry, and the increasingly poor qualities of food condition. The Health Department was originally tasked with assisting the Department of Nature in raising the quality of agriculture and foods, and protecting food consumers, however soon the QUEDOH moved to dealing with all health issues in the nation. It has played a crucial and integral role in managing the unique healthcare system of the USQ, which combines federal funded building with private operations and insurance.

History

Powers and Responsibilities

Cooperative Powers

The Department of Health, especially in recent years, has begun to cooperate closely with other federal organizations which give them extended or shared powers. The two largest topics where the DOH has gained the most powers and responsibilities have been the areas of biodefense and food safety. The first, biodefense, is the defense of the nation against biological and chemical attacks, such as bioweapons. In this area, the QUEDOH cooperates with the Quentinian Intelligence Department, Department of Defense, and the Center for Defense Against Apocalypse (CDAA). The second topic of food safety has been a focus of the department since its creation, however in recent years it has gained more power with the advent of genetically modified organisms, newer pesticides, pollution, and other chemicals that could prove especially harmful to human health. In this area the department cooperates closely with the Department of Nature, which is in charge of dealing with agriculture and agricultural products in the nation, again with the Center for Defense Against Apocalypse, which plays a role in monitoring possible food shortages leading to apocalyptic events.

Organization

Under the terms of its creation by President Jamie Petruzelli in 1959, the Department of Health is a federal executive department. This means, under the rules and structure of executive departments as delineated by the USQ Constitution, the department is under the direct supervision and command of the President, unless ordered otherwise by the Supreme Council. Much of the time, however, the department acts independently, taking general orders from the President and advising him of actions. Below the Secretary of Health, who oversees the entire department, there are executive bureaus, which divide the department into sections focusing on certain fields, with offices underneath them to further divide the tasks of the organization.

Bureau of Research and Information

Main articles: Bureau of Research and Information, Office of Disease Research, Office of Treatment Research, and Office of Health Information Dissemination

The Bureau of Research and Information (BRI) is the bureau of the Department of Health charged with researching new diseases and medical technologies that could be beneficial to the entire nation and the health of the country, as well as disseminating important health and disease information to the general public. The bureau was established in 1967, after the need for the spread of information, not just health availability, became more urgent, especially because of the Ratstern Pandemic, and the current Commissioner of the bureau is Amy Adams.

Office of Disease Research

The Office of Disease Research (ODR) operates under the BRI, and is in charge of researching diseases, pathogens, or other illnesses and threats to public health. This includes studying the effects of viruses and analyzing their content to assist other operations. The office was founded in 1985, and its current director is Jonathan Bilkamsoue.

Office of Treatment Research

The Office of Treatment Research (OOTR) operates under the BRI as well, and is in charge of researching possible cures and vaccines to viruses and other illnesses, as well as general medical technology such as machines, equipment, etc, which could benefit the health of the nation as a whole. The OOTR was founded in 1968, and its director is currently Jonathan Pangborne.

Office of Health Information Dissemination

The Office of Health Information Dissemination (OHID) is the office of the Bureau of Research and Information which heads all activities relating to disseminating health information to both the public and healthcare professionals and institutions. The OHID takes information from the BRI, BDPC, and cooperates closely with the HCAB to spread information the QUEDOH collects, and ensure healthcare organizations and the public follow the information to ensure the best results of healthcare and of health in the lives of citizens. The OHID was founded in 1967, and its director is Roger Riegel.

Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control

Main articles: Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control, Virus Protection Office, Office of Pandemic Mitigation Efforts, and Virus Defense Office

The Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control (BDPC) is the bureau of the QUEDOH which focuses most on the spread of contagious diseases, and the prevention of these diseases, including managing outbreaks if they begin. The BDPC operates very closely with other agencies and departments, including that of the Center for Defense Against Apocalypse (CDAA) and the President's Office of National Security (PONS), as well as the inter-departmental bureau of the BRI, from which it gains information on how to prevent and attack viruses, and communicate to the public how the virus should be handled. The BDPC was founded in 1972, and the current BDPC commissioner is Kris Langley.

Virus Prevention Office

The Virus Prevention Office (VIPO) concerns itself with collection information on numerous viruses from the BRI and other agencies to identify possible risks, passing them on to the CDAA if needed and working with the Virus Defense Office (VIDO) to ensure a pandemic never ensues. It has criteria for certain diseases, Level 1 Identification, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4, similar to the levels of the CDAA and the Office of Pandemic Mitigation Efforts (OPME). The VPO was founded in 1972, and its executive director is currently Leanne Fauci.

Office of Pandemic Mitigation Efforts

The Office of Pandemic Mitigation Efforts (OPME) is the office of the BDPC concerned with responding to virus outbreaks and concentrations of illness within the nation, and working to mitigate the effects of the virus or pandemic. It works closely with the BRI, CDAA, and VIDO to identify threats and outbreaks, and communicate with the public and government on how best to fight the outbreak. The OPME is one of the least active of the offices, however has had massive importance in the past in preventing mass pandemics. It has four levels of seriousness for outbreaks, much like the CDAA and VIPO, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4, with level 4 being most severe. The office was founded in 1972, and its current director is Anthony Faucet.

Virus Defense Office

The Virus Defense Office (VIDO) also works closely with other organizations to ensure pandemics never occur in the USQ, and the VIDO concerns itself more with neutralizing threats before they happen, working with the BRI, VIPO, and CDAA to respond to information about possible pandemics. The VIDO does not collect or rank this information, however responds to orders from the aforementioned organizations to neutralize threats. This may include containing a preliminary virus in one area, shutting down potentially dangerous operations or companies, and/or mobilizing the Fort McCarthy Defense Force or Quentinian Intelligence Department to neutralize biological weapons. The office was founded in 2002, and the current Director of the VIDO is Nikolai Perkins Jr.

Bureau of Consumer Health Protection

The Bureau of Consumer Health Protection (BCHP) is the bureau of the QUEDOH devoted to protecting consumers and markets against dangerous drugs, medicines, food, and other consumable products. The BCHP actively reviews drugs and medicines which companies want on the market, and it either approves them for sale or finds dangerous elements, meaning they are not put on the market and penalties could be levied. The process for food is a bit different, as the Department of Nature also is involved in the process. The Nature Department inspects agriculture and farms, and the products and conditions of products on farms, while the Department of Health tests the products produced by those agricultural facilities, as well as products not made by a farm. The bureau was founded in 1959, and the current commissioner is Debbie Birksen.

Office of Drug Inspection

The Office of Drug Inspection (ODI) deals with new drugs and medicines on the market, and reviews and tests them to make sure they work properly, and that they are not inherently dangerous to use. No drugs or new medicines, including vaccines, can go onto the market without the approval of the ODI, which gives its ODI approval seal on all drugs. This includes drugs created by the Office of Treatment Research or other government organizations. Any rejected drugs or medicines will be sent back and rejected, with the company not penalized unless multiple issues are found, which could be horribly damaging to health, or unless the company has already put the drug on the market. In one situation in 2013, the OOTR attempted to put a drug on the market without the approval of the bureau, and in the Schweizen Fine Situation, the ODI fined the OOTR, essentiallu fining itself as a part of the Department of Health. The office was founded in 1962, and its current director is Jamal Lewis.

Office of Agricultural Products Testing

The Office of Agricultural Products Testing (APT) is the office of the BCHP concerned with testing specific agricultural products for dangerous substances before they go on the market. This includes all produce, such as meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, honey, etc. Pesticides, harmful chemicals, and numerous other substances are tested by the APT before they are rejected or approved for market sale with the APT seal. The APT does not test non-agricultural food products, which is the job of the Office of Non-Agricultural Food Products Testing. The office, which was founded in 1959, has a director, currently Hosun Martin.

Office of Non-Agricultural Food Products Testing

The Office of Non-Agricultural Food Products Testing (ONAF) is the second of the two offices of the bureau devoted to testing food products, however ONAF does not test produce, such as eggs, milk, meat, etc. It instead tests non-agricultural products made from this produce, such as yogurt, cereal, ice cream, etc. It tests them for numerous harmful chemicals and pesticides, and either rejects them or approves them for sale on the market with its ONAF approval seal. The office was founded in 1974, and its current director is Lim Daniesdaughter.

Bureau of Insurance Protection

Main articles: Bureau of Insurance Protection,

The Bureau of Insurance Protection is the QUEDOH's bureau tasked with ensuring that health insurance is accessible to all, and that it does not become too overpriced. The USQ does not

Health Centers Assistance Bureau

The Health Centers Assistance Bureau (HCAB) is an integral part of the Quentinian healthcare system as a whole, and is one of the most active of the department's bureaus. The USQ does not have free healthcare or government provided healthcare, however it has a unique system where the government has powers to open healthcare centers and provide financial support to hospital institutions, and private insurance covers the costs of the bills from these privately run health centers. The HCAB's powers and responsibilities include ensuring areas across the USQ have enough hospitals, doctor's offices, dentists offices, etc, building new healthcare centers to fill voids of healthcare, and finally giving small financial support to hospitals and regulating the price of equipment and drugs under the 2004 Accessible Healthcare Acts. The bureau was founded in 1998, and its current Commissioner of the HCAB is Barack O'Sanders.

Office of Accessible Healthcare

The Office of Accessible Healthcare (OAH) deals with analyzing areas in the USQ for possible voids or holes in the healthcare system, and then referring these voids or lack of healthcare centers to one of two offices, either the National Emergency Medical Office or the Healthcare Creation Office. The OAH was founded in 1997, before the HCAB itself, and the current director is Carey Lindsawoski.

Healthcare Creation Office

The Healthcare Creation Office (HCO) focuses on receiving reports from the OAH on where there are voids in healthcare around the nation, and funds the creation of new healthcare centers in those and other areas. Even when areas are seemingly well-supplied with healthcare centers, under the 1995 Healthcare Market Act, the HCO should still build as many hospitals as possible, to create competition in the medical market which drives down prices. The office was founded in 1998, and its current director is Bill McClusky.

Office of Fiscal and Supplemental Healthcare Support

The Office of Fiscal and Supplemental Healthcare Support (OFASHES) focuses on helping to support hospitals and medical supply once new hospitals are created either privately or through the HCO. This does not mean supporting all the hospitals' bills and expenses, however it does mean having reserve supplies for all hospitals on hand for shortages, identified by the OFASHES, and supporting hospitals in areas where there are not many hospitals. Funding is pulled if any hospital unreasonably charges customers, including pharmacies. The office was founded with the 2004 Accessible Healthcare Acts, and its director is Lewis Bush.

National Emergency Medical Office

The National Emergency Medical Office (NEMO) is one of the less active but larger offices in the QUEDOH, and its services are used during national emergencies such as large health events and natural or man-made disasters. NEMO includes doctors and professionals devoted to healthcare and staffing the nation's hospitals during emergencies, and includes funding and supplies to help keep hospitals and workers paid and open during emergencies. The office was founded in 1986 by Executive Order 18965, President David Wagner's last order in office. The current director of NEMO is Giles Newshom.

Domestic Assistance Bureau

Main article: Domestic Assistance Bureau

The Domestic Assistance Bureau (DAB) is the bureau of the QUEDOH concerned with domestic safety and with helping the elderly, displaced children, adoption services, and the protection of children at home. This bureau works closely with the Agency of Domestic Protection (ADP), which is a special legislative-military coalition organization created by the 1989 Social Prevention Act, and while the ADP is in charge of protection of children and families with tangible operations such as adoption centers and processes, agents who go into domestic environments, etc, the DAB helps identify potential dangerous or unhealthy situations, and makes regular inspections and processes where proof of domestic mistreatment has not been reported, but could be possible. The DAB also accepts all calls about domestic violence, and either refers them to the ADP or handles the call themselves. The bureau was founded in 1994, and it current commissioner is Kristen Fleming.

Bureau of Drugs and Alcohol

Main articles: Bureau of Drugs and Alcohol, Office of Recreational Drug Analysis, Office of Alcohol Product Analysis, Recreational Drug Profiling and Data Office, Health Education Office on Harmful Substances, Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement, and MOSFV

The Bureau of Drugs and Alcohol (BDA) is the bureau within the Health Department tasked with profiling, analyzing, and taking action on many numbers of recreational and partly recreational drugs, including bawhacka, marijuana, nicotine, tobacco, opioids, etc, and all alcoholic products. Alcohol is legal for consumption in all states, and is protected by the Alcohol Clarification Acts of the 1970's, however the BDA makes sure no alcoholic products contain too much alcohol or other dangerous substances, that alcohol taxes are strictly followed, and helps run educational campaigns against alcohol use for children and teens. Recreational drug use, on the other hand, is not legal in all states, and the only states which allow nearly all recreational drugs are the Chip Area and the Multi-Logan State, which also have lowered alcohol taxes, as well as all federal territories. The BDA is tasked with analyzing and reporting on any new drugs, and ensuring that no issues arise with drugs crossing borders, though this is also partially the responsibility of the Quentinian Intelligence Department, Fort McCarthy Defense Force, and Department of State. The BDA also educates children on the dangers of drugs, and tobacco use is considered recreational drug use by the bureau. The BDA's commissioner is Red McFly, and the bureau was founded in 1967.

Office of Recreational Drug Analysis

The Office of Recreational Drug Analysis (ORDA) focuses on testing new recreational drugs, and legal recreational drug products, to ensure no harmful amounts of drug are present, and to ensure no other harmful substances are present. The office was founded in 1973, and testing includes recreational drugs and tobacco products. The current Director of the ORDA is Quentin Curt.

Office of Alcohol Product Analysis

The Office of Alcohol Product Analysis (OAPA) focuses on testing new alcohol products, as well as consumer alcohol products, to ensure no harmful amounts of alcohol or any other substance are present. The office was founded in 1973, and its current director is Kathy Lee McMillan.

Recreational Drug Profiling and Data Office

The Recreational Drug Profiling and Data Office (RDPDO) is tasked with taking analysis of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products from other offices or from its own research and compiling the data into numerous profiles, which are used to advise officials and the public about the dangers of drugs, after they are passed on to the Health Education Office on Harmful Substances. Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products are classified on a scale of 1-3, with 1 being the lowest danger drugs, and 3 being the highest. "Danger," is classified as being harmful to people or having the largest ability to cause emergencies and incidents. The office was founded in 2009, and its current director is Bob Breakere.

Health Education Office on Harmful Substances

The Health Education Office on Harmful Substances (HEOS) is tasked with educating the public, specifically younger children and teens, about the health risks of numerous substances such as alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. The HEOS runs numerous campaigns in schools and communities around the nation, and uses profiling from the RDPDO to better educate the public on the danger of overusing numerous substances. The office was founded in 1986, and the current Director of the HEOS is Miley Citrus.

Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement

The Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement (ATTEO) is tasked with enforcing state and federal taxes on alcohol and tobacco products. This includes monitoring infringements of taxes in individual organizations, possibly closing down stores or organizations which do not follow the tax law, or states as a whole, reporting violations on a state level to the QUEDOS. It also advises members of government on alcohol and tobacco taxes. The office, which was founded in 1999, is currently headed by Director Benjamin Tylakx.

Office for the Monitoring of Substance Formulation Violations

The Office for the Monitoring of Substance Formulation Violations (MOSFV) is tasked with monitoring and reporting on the creation of substances and drugs in areas where they are illegal, as well as reporting on any illegal drugs found in companies and organizations. The MOSFV investigates and reports on numerous organizations, including factories, clubs and gangs, transportation companies, and especially drug and alcohol companies to ensure that drugs and alcohol are not being made or sold where it is illegal. The MOSFV also works closely with numerous other organizations, including the FMDF, the QUID, and the QUEDOS to collectively monitor illegal substance creation and use. The office was founded in 1968, and its current director is Kylie DeFazio.

National Bureau of Mental Health

Main article: National Bureau of Mental Health

Founded in 2006, the National Bureau of Mental Health (NABMH) handles the Alliance Health Hotline, which handles calls from around the nation on mental health. It also identifies areas that are in need of special mental health facilities, and refers those to the Health Centers Assistance Bureau for creation. It also manages educational campaigns on mental health awareness, and advises lawmakers on legislation beneficial to mental health. The bureau's Commissioner is Katie Bell.