Office of Communicable Diseases

Information for Health Care Providers

Health Provider's Role in Reporting Communicable Diseases

Those who are required to report:

• Physicians
• Physicians Assistants
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners
• Midwives
• Clinical Laboratories
• Hospitals (from both inpatient and outpatient setting)
• Facility administrator or Infection Control Practitioner
• All other Health Care Facilities

• Organized ambulatory care facility
• School-based health center
• Freestanding emergency care facility
• Home care/home nursing care provider
• Hospice
• Birth Center
• Nursing facility
• Rehabilitation hospital center
• Freestanding ambulatory surgical center
• Outpatient rehabilitation center
• Kidney disease treatment center
• Physician Office setting providing surgical treatments
• Veterinarians

Recommended to report:

• Certified school nurse-teachers
• Dentists
• Other Entities or persons:

• College/university health centers
• Day care centers
• Drug treatment facilities
• Prison health services
• Travel clinics
• Social service agencies that serve the homeless
• School health centers that treat students in grades K-12

For more detailed information refer to the “Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Reporting of Communicable, Environmental and Occupational Diseases” (R23-10-DIS)