Office of Infectious Disease Services
Reporting by Schools, Child Care Establishments, and Shelters
When should I report?
Most disease reports should be submitted within five (5) working days of diagnosis, treatment, or detection. However, some conditions must be reported within 24 hours or only during outbreaks.
Please see the downloadable
list
for complete
reporting specifications and timelines.
Who should receive the report?
Reports should be sent to the local health agency (county or tribal health department or Indian Health Service Unit) by mail, telephone, or fax.
What information is required?
Reports should include
the patient's name, telephone number, complete street address, date of
birth, race, sex, ethnicity, date of onset, diagnosis, date of diagnosis, laboratory results and date, name of reporter, and the reporter's
telephone number and complete address. Submit mailed or faxed
reports on the Communicable Disease
Reporting form.
Which communicable diseases are reportable?
See the downloadable reportable disease
list for complete
specifications and timelines.
Campylobacteriosis
Conjunctivitis: acute (outbreaks only)
Cryptosporidiosis
Diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting (outbreaks only)
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Haemophilus influenzae : invasive disease
Hepatitis A
Measles (rubeola)
Meningococcal Invasive Disease
Mumps
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Rubella (German measles)
Salmonellosis
Scabies (outbreaks only)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Streptococcal Group A infection (outbreaks only)
Varicella (chickenpox)