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Notifiable Conditions & the Health Care Provider

For more information, please see WAC 246-101 or http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify

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The following conditions are notifiable to local public health authorities in Washington in accordance with WAC 246-101. Timeframes for notification are indicated in footnotes. Immediately notifiable conditions are indicated in bold and should be reported when suspected or confirmed. (April 2005)

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 3 (including AIDS in persons previously reported with HIV infection)

  • Animal bites I

  • Arboviral disease 3 (West Nile virus disease, dengue, Eastern & Western equine encephalitis, etc.)

  • Botulism I (foodborne, wound and infant)

  • Brucellosis I

  • Campylobacteriosis 3

  • Chancroid 3

  • Chlamydia trachomatis 3

  • Cholera I

  • Cryptosporidiosis 3

  • Cyclosporiasis 3

  • Diphtheria I

  • Disease of suspected bioterrorism origin I (including Anthrax and Smallpox)

  • Disease of suspected foodborne origin I (clusters only)

  • Disease of suspected waterborne origin I (clusters only)

  • Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, including E. coli O157:H7 infection I

  • Giardiasis 3

  • Gonorrhea 3

  • Granuloma inguinale 3

  • Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease I (under age five years, excluding otitis media)

  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome 3

  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) I

  • Hepatitis A, acute I

  • Hepatitis B, acute 3 ; chronic M (initial diagnosis only)

  • Hepatitis B, surface antigen positive pregnant women 3

  • Hepatitis C, acute and chronic M (initial diagnosis only)

  • Hepatitis, unspecified (infectious) 3

  • Herpes simplex, genital (initial infection only) and neonatal 3

  • HIV infection 3

  • Immunization reactions 3 (severe, adverse)

  • Legionellosis 3

  • Leptospirosis 3

  • Listeriosis I

  • Lyme disease 3

  • Lymphogranuloma venereum 3

  • Malaria 3

  • Measles (rubeola) I

  • Meningococcal disease I

  • Mumps 3

  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning I

  • Pertussis I

  • Plague I

  • Poliomyelitis I

  • Psittacosis 3

  • Q fever 3

  • Rabies I

  • Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis 3

  • Relapsing fever (borreliosis) I

  • Rubella I (including congenital)

  • Salmonellosis I

  • Shigellosis I

  • Syphilis 3 (including congenital)

  • Tetanus 3

  • Trichinosis 3

  • Tuberculosis I

  • Tularemia 3

  • Typhus I

  • Vibriosis 3

  • Yellow fever I

  • Yersiniosis 3

  • Unexplained critical illness or death I

  • Rare diseases of public health significance I

The following diagnoses are notifiable to the Washington State Department of Health in accordance with WAC 246-101. Timeframes for notification are indicated in footnotes. Immediately notifiable conditions are indicated in bold and should be reported when suspected or confirmed.

  • Asthma, occupational (suspected or confirmed) M / 1-888-66-SHARP

  • Birth Defects M: Autism spectrum disorders, Cerebral palsy, Alcohol related birth defects 360-236-3492

  • Pesticide Poisoning (hospitalized, fatal, or cluster) I / 1-800-222-1222

  • Pesticide Poisoning (all other) 3  / 1-800-222-1222

For more information, please see WAC 246-101 or http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify

If no one is available at the local health jurisdiction and a condition is immediately notifiable, please call 1-877-539-4344

Notification time frame:

  • I Immediately

  • 3 Within 3 work days

  • M Within one month