Thousands of children attend the county's over 250 children's summer camps each year. To help ensure a safe and healthy camping experience, Health Department staff inspect all county camps at least twice annually.
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View the 2025 Camp Operator Workshop Presentation
2025 Children's Camp Operator's Application Packets and Fact Sheets
(All permit application fees are non-refundable.)
-Children's Camp Original Permit Application Packet
-Children's Camp Renewal Application Packet
-Children’s Camp Required Certifications – NYSDOH Fact Sheets and Required Certifications
NYS Sex Offender Registry Search for Children's Camps
All camp staff, volunteers, and persons that frequent the camp must be run through the NYS Sex Offender Registry and evidence of such search must be maintained on-site.
Dru Sjodin U.S. Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website (nsopw.gov)
All camp staff, volunteers, and persons that frequent the camp must be run through the advanced search and evidence of such search must be maintained on-site.
Forms
- WCDOH Communicable Disease Reporting at Camp
- Injury Report Form (DOH-61a) -- fax/phone numbers
- Illness Outbreak Report Form (DOH-61b) -- fax/phone numbers
- Water Contamination Response Log
- Allegation of Abuse Report Form (NYS-61)
- Fire Report Form (NYS-61 Fire)
- Multiple Victim Injury Report Form (NYS-61h)
- Potential Rabies Exposure Report (NYS-61 Rabies)
- Epinephrine Administration (NYS-61e)
- Fecal Incident
Safety Plan
- Safety Plan Template for Camps (fillable) (NYSDOH)
Camp Sanitary Code
- New York State Sanitary Code for Children's Camps: Public Health Law 225
- Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Setting
- Westchester Sanitary Code 873 Article XVIII (Children's Summer Camps)
Free Handwashing Posters
- For Children and the General Public (CDC)
Measles
Important information about Measles for the camp season:
- NYSDOH Webinar: How to prevent the spread of measles in children's camps (Youtube)
- NYS Measles Cover Memo 4-18-19
- NYS Vaccine Preventable Diseases Measles Letter 4-18-19
- NYS Flyer: Prevent the Spread of Measles at Summer Camp 2019
Vaccinations and Communicable Diseases
It is recommended that all individuals who will be working in or attending summer camp are vaccinated. See below for details.
- Procedures for Handling Vaccine-Preventable Diseases at Camp
- GI related outbreaks and procedures for handling
- Meningococcal Disease:
- NYS Public Health Law 2167 (signed bill) - for overnight camps
- Meningococcal disease fact sheet
- Template - Camp Overnight Children's Camp Parent Letter
Rabies Guidelines for Camps
- General Information
- General Guidelines for Management of Bat-Related Incidents at Children's Camps
- Bat Capture Kit for Children's Camps
- Fact Sheet for Bat Habitat Inspection and Bat Proofing in Children's Camps
Tickborne Diseases
- What you need to know about Ticks and Tickborne Diseases (CDC)
- Ticks and Lyme Disease (NYSDOH)
MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus)
- Health Avisory: Prevention and Control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the camp setting
Camp Resources:
- WJCS Autism Center's Camp Guide
In the WJCS Autism Camp Guide you will find: Internet Resources for Special Needs Camps, Camp Referral Services, Camp Fairs, Day Camps and Sleep Away Camps