Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
Cancer, excluding non-melanoma
skin cancer and including benign and
borderline intracranial and CNS
tumors
Acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection
HIV, exposed infants <18 months old
born to an HIV-infected woman
Conjunctivitis in neonates <14 days old
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infants
<60 days old with disseminated
infection and liver involvement;
encephalitis; and infections limited to
skin, eyes, and mouth; anogenital HSV
in children <12 years old
Human papillomavirus (HPV),
associated laryngeal papillomas or
recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in
children <6 years old; anogenital
papillomas in children <12 years old
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
Syphilis in pregnant women and
neonates
Outbreaks of any disease, any case,
cluster of cases, or exposure to an
infectious or non-infectious disease,
condition, or agent found in the general
community or any defined setting (e.g.,
hospital, school, other institution) not
listed that is of urgent public health
significance
Arboviral diseases not otherwise listed
Botulism, foodborne, wound, and
unspecified
California serogroup virus disease
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Chikungunya fever, locally acquired
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae type O1)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Dengue fever, locally acquired
Eastern equine encephalitis
Ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis
Escherichia coli infection, Shiga toxin-
producing
Haemophilus influenzae invasive
disease in children <5 years old
Hansen’s disease (leprosy)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Hepatitis B, C, D, E, and G
Hepatitis B surface antigen in pregnant
women or children <2 years old
Herpes B virus, possible exposure
Influenza A, novel or pandemic strains
Influenza-associated pediatric mortality
in children <18 years old
Meningitis, bacterial or mycotic
Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
Pesticide-related illness and injury,
acute
Rabies, possible exposure
Rocky Mountain spotted fever and
other spotted fever rickettsioses
Saxitoxin poisoning (paralytic shellfish
poisoning)
Severe acute respiratory disease
syndrome associated with coronavirus
infection
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
poisoning
Staphylococcus aureus infection,
intermediate or full resistance to
vancomycin (VISA, VRSA)
Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive
disease in children <6 years old
Trichinellosis (trichinosis)
Typhoid fever (Salmonella serotype
Typhi)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Vibriosis (infections of Vibrio species
and closely related organisms,
excluding Vibrio cholerae type O1)
! Report immediately 24/7 by phone upon
initial suspicion or laboratory test order
Report immediately 24/7 by phone
Report next business day
+ Other reporting timeframe
*Section 381.0031 (2), Florida Statutes (F.S.), provides that “Any practitioner licensed in this state to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine,
naturopathy, or veterinary medicine; any hospital licensed under part I of chapter 395; or any laboratory licensed under chapter 483 that diagnoses or suspects the existence of
a disease of public health significance shall immediately report the fact to the Department of Health.” Florida’s county health departments serve as the Department’s
representative in this reporting requirement. Furthermore, Section 381.0031 (4), F.S. provides that “The department shall periodically issue a list of infectious or noninfectious
diseases determined by it to be a threat to public health and therefore of significance to public health and shall furnish a copy of the list to the practitioners…”
Reportable Diseases/Conditions in Florida
Practitioner List (Laboratory Requirements Differ) Effective June 4, 2014
Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County - Disease Intervention Services
Mon - Fri, 8 am - 5 pm: 941-861-2873; Nights, weekends, holidays: 941-861-2900
Fax reportable diseases to: 941-526-1534 (EXCEPT BIRTH DEFECTS & CANCER)
** MAIL HIV/AIDS REPORTS (DO NOT FAX)
http://www.sarasotahealth.org/services/epidemiology-reportable.htm