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Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR) §2500, §2593, §2641.5-2643.20,
and §2800-2812 Reportable Diseases and Conditions*
§ 2500. REPORTING TO THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
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§ 2500(b) It shall be the duty of every health care provider, knowing of or in attendance on a case or suspected
case of any of the diseases or condition listed below, to report to the local health officer for the jurisdiction where
the patient resides. Where no health care provider is in attendance, any individual having knowledge of a person
who is suspected to be suffering from one of the diseases or conditions listed below may make such a report to
the local health officer for the jurisdiction where the patient resides.
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§ 2500(c) The administrator of each health facility, clinic, or other setting where more than one health care
provider may know of a case, a suspected case or an outbreak of disease within the facility shall establish and be
responsible for administrative procedures to assure that reports are made to the local officer.
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§ 2500(a)(14) "Health care provider" means a physician and surgeon, a veterinarian, a podiatrist, a nurse
practitioner, a physician assistant, a registered nurse, a nurse midwife, a school nurse, an infection control
practitioner, a medical examiner, a coroner, or a dentist.
URGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [17 CCR §2500(h)(i)]
✆ ! =
Report immediately by telephone (designated by a ♦ in regulations).
† = Report immediately by telephone when two or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne
disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness (designated
by a • in regulations).
✆ =
Report by telephone within one working day of identification (designated by a + in regulations).
FAX ✆ ✉ =
Report by electronic transmission (including FAX), telephone, or mail within one working day of
identification (designated by a + in regulations).
WEEK = All other diseases/conditions should be reported by electronic transmission (including FAX),
telephone, or mail within seven calendar days of identification.
REPORTABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES §2500(j)(1)
Disease Name Urgency Disease Name Urgency
Amebiasis
FAX ✆ ✉
Listeriosis
FAX ✆ ✉
Anaplasmosis WEEK Lyme Disease WEEK
Anthrax, human or animal
✆ !
Malaria
FAX ✆ ✉
Babesiosis
FAX ✆ ✉
Measles (Rubeola)
✆ !
Botulism (Infant, Foodborne, wound,
Other)
✆ !
Meningitis, Specify Etiology: Viral,
Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic
FAX ✆ ✉
Brucellosis, animal (except
infections due to Brucella canis)
WEEK
Meningococcal Infections
✆ !
Brucellosis, human
✆ !
Mumps WEEK
Campylobacteriosis
FAX ✆ ✉
Novel Virus Infection with
Pandemic Potential
✆ !
Chancroid
WEEK
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
✆ !
Chickenpox (Varicella) (outbreaks,
hospitalizations and deaths)
FAX ✆ ✉
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
FAX ✆ ✉
Chikungunya Virus Infection
FAX ✆ ✉
Plague, human or animal
✆ !
Chlamydia trachomatis infections,
including lymphogranuloma
venereum (LGV)
WEEK
Poliovirus Infection
FAX ✆ ✉
CDPH 110a (03/18)