NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Communicable Disease Reporting Requirements
Reporting of suspected or confirmed communicable diseases is mandated under the New York State Sanitary Code (10NYCRR 2.10,2.14). The primary responsibility
for reporting rests with the physician; moreover, laboratories (PHL 2102), school nurses (10NYCRR 2.12), day care center directors, nursing homes/hospitals (10NYCRR
405.3d) and state institutions (10NYCRR 2.10a) or other locations providing health services (10NYCRR 2.12) are also required to report the diseases listed below.
Anaplasmosis Cyclosporiasis Hospital associated Poliomyelitis Streptococcal infection
Amebiasis Diphtheria infections (as defined in Psittacosis (invasive disease) 5
Animal bites for which E.coli O157:H7 infection 4
section 2.2 10NYCRR) Q Fever 2
Group A beta-hemolytic
rabies prophylaxis is Ehrlichiosis Influenza, Rabies1 strep
given1 Encephalitis laboratory-confirmed Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Group B strep
Anthrax2 Foodborne Illness Legionellosis laboratory-confirmed Streptococcus pneumoniae
Arboviral infection3 Giardiasis Listeriosis Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Syphilis, specify stage7
Babesiosis Glanders2 Lyme disease pediatric fatalities Tetanus
Botulism 2
Gonococcal infection Lymphogranuloma venereum Rocky Mountain spotted fever Toxic shock syndrome
Brucellosis2 Haemophilus influenzae5 Malaria Rubella Transmissable spongiform
Campylobacteriosis (invasive disease) Measles (including congenital encephalopathies8 (TSE)
Chancroid Hantavirus disease Melioidosis2 rubella syndrome) Trichinosis
Chlamydia trachomatis Hemolytic uremic syndrome Meningitis Salmonellosis Tuberculosis current
infection Hepatitis A Aseptic or viral Shigatoxin-producing E.coli4 disease (specify site)
Cholera Hepatitis A in a food handler Haemophilus (STEC) Tularemia2
Coronavirus Hepatitis B (specify acute or Meningococcal Shigellosis4 Typhoid
COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) chronic) Other (specify type) Smallpox2 Vaccinia disease9
Severe Acute Respiratory Hepatitis C (specify acute or Meningococcemia Staphylococcus aureus6 (due Varicella
Syndrome (SARS) chronic) Mpox to strains showing reduced (not shingles)
Middle East Respiratory Pregnant hepatitis B carrier Mumps susceptibility or resistance Vibriosis6
Syndrome (MERS) Herpes infection, infants Pertussis to vancomycin) Viral hemorrhagic fever2
Cryptosporidiosis aged 60 days or younger Plague2 Staphylococcal Yersiniosis
enterotoxin B poisoning2
WHO SHOULD REPORT?
Physicians, nurses, laboratory directors, infection control practitioners, health care facilities, 1. Local health department must be notified prior to initiating
state institutions, schools. rabies prophylaxis.
2. Diseases that are possible indicators of bioterrorism.
WHERE SHOULD REPORT BE MADE? 3. Including, but not limited to, infections caused by eastern equine
Report to local health department where patient resides. encephalitis virus, western equine encephalitis virus, West Nile
virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, La Crosse virus, Powassan
Contact Person virus, Jamestown Canyon virus, dengue and yellow fever.
Name 4. Positive shigatoxin test results should be reported as
presumptive evidence of disease.
Address 5. Only report cases with positive cultures from blood, CSF, joint,
peritoneal or pleural fluid. Do not report cases with positive
cultures from skin, saliva, sputum or throat.
Phone Fax 6. Proposed addition to list.
7. Any non-treponemal test ≥1:16 or any positive prenatal or
WHEN SHOULD REPORT BE MADE? delivery test regardless of titer or any primary or secondary
Within 24 hours of diagnosis: stage disease, should be reported by phone; all others may be
• Phone diseases in bold type, reported by mail.
• Report all other diseases promptly to county health department where individual resides. 8. Including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Cases should be reported
• In New York City use form PD-16. directly to the New York State Department of Health Alzheimer’s
Disease and Other Dementias Registry at (518) 473-7817 upon
SPECIAL NOTES suspicion of disease. In NYC, cases should also be reported to
the NYCDOHMH.
• Diseases listed in bold type warrant prompt action and should be reported immediately 9. Persons with vaccinia infection due to contact transmission and
to local health departments by phone followed by submission of the confidential case persons with the following complications from vaccination;
report form (DOH-389). In NYC use case report form PD-16. eczema vaccinatum, erythema multiforme major or Stevens-
• In addition to the diseases listed above, any unusual disease (defined as a newly apparent Johnson syndrome, fetal vaccinia, generalized vaccinia,
or emerging disease or syndrome that could possibly be caused by a transmissible inadvertent inoculation, ocular vaccinia, post-vaccinial
infectious agent or microbial toxin) is reportable. encephalitis or encephalomyelitis, progressive vaccinia,
pyogenic infection of the infection site, and any other serious
• Outbreaks: while individual cases of some diseases (e.g., streptococcal sore throat, head lice,
adverse events.
impetigo, scabies and pneumonia) are not reportable, a cluster or outbreak of cases of any
communicable disease is a reportable event. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Cases of HIV infection, HIV-related illness and AIDS (Stage 3) are reportable on the For more information on disease reporting,
Medical Provider HIV/AIDS and Partner/Contact Report Form DOH-4189. The form may call your local health department or the
be obtained by contacting: New York State Department of Health
Division of Epidemiology, Evaluation and Partner Services Bureau of Communicable Disease Control at
P.O. Box 2073, ESP Station (518) 473-4439
Albany, NY 12220-2073 or (866) 881-2809 after hours.
(518) 474-4284 In New York City, 1 (866) NYC-DOH1.
In NYC: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
For HIV/AIDS reporting, call: (212) 442-3388 PLEASE POST THIS CONSPICUOUSLY
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