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Notifiable Condition | Time Frame for Notification | Notifiable to Local Health Department | Notifiable to Department of Health | Specimen Submission to Department of Health (Type & Timing) |
Arboviruses (West Nile virus, eastern and western equine encephalitis, dengue, St. Louis encephalitis, La Crosse encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Powassan, California serogroup, Chikungunya) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Acute: IgM positivity PCR positivity Viral isolation | | | | |
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) | Immediately | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Blood Lead Level | Elevated Levels - 2 business days Nonelevated Levels - Monthly | | √ | |
Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture, when available (2 business days) |
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Borrelia hermsii or recurrentis (Relapsing fever, tick- or louse-borne) | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Brucella species (Brucellosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Cultures (2 business days) |
Burkholderia mallei and pseudomallei | Immediately | √ | | Culture (2 business days); additional specimens when available |
Campylobacter species (Campylobacteriosis) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
CD4 + (T4) lymphocyte counts and/or CD4 + (T4) (patients aged thirteen or older) | Monthly | Only when the local health department is designated by the Department of Health | √ (Except King County) | |
Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Chlamydia trachomatis | 2 business days | √ | | |
Clostridium botulinum (Botulism) | Immediately | √ | | Serum and/or stool; any other specimens available (i.e., foods submitted for suspected foodborne case; debrided tissue submitted for suspected wound botulism) (2 business days) |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Diphtheria) | Immediately | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Cryptococcus non v. neoformans | N/A | N/A | | Culture (2 business days) or other specimens upon request |
Cryptosporidium (Cryptosporidiosis) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Cyclospora cayetanensis (Cyclosporiasis) | 2 business days | √ | | Specimen (2 business days) |
E. coli - Refer to "Shiga toxin-producing E. coli" | Immediately | √ | | |
Francisella tularensis (Tularemia) | Immediately | √ | | Culture or other appropriate clinical material (2 business days) |
Giardia lamblia (Giardiasis) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Haemophilus influenzae (children < 5 years of age) | Immediately | √ | | Culture, from sterile sites only, when type is unknown (2 business days) |
Hantavirus | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Hepatitis A virus (acute) by IgM positivity (Hepatocellular enzyme levels to accompany report) | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Hepatitis B virus (acute) by IgM positivity | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Hepatitis B virus | Monthly | √ | | |
| - HBsAg (Surface antigen) | | | | |
| - HBeAg (E antigen) | | | | |
| - HBV DNA | | | | |
Hepatitis C virus | Monthly | √ | | |
Hepatitis D virus | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Hepatitis E virus | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (for example, positive Western Blot assays, P24 antigen or viral culture tests) | 2 business days | Only when the local health department is designated by the Department of Health | √ (Except King County) | |
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (ll viral load detection test results - detectable and undetectable) | Monthly | Only when the local health department is designated by the Department of Health | √ (Except King County) | |
Influenza virus, novel or unsubtypable strain | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen (2 business days) |
Legionella species (Legionellosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Leptospira species (Leptospirosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Listeria monocytogenes (Listeriosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Measles virus (rubeola) Acute: IgM positivity PCR positivity | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Mumps virus Acute: IgM positivity PCR positivity | Within 24 hours | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis) | 2 business days | | √ | Culture (2 business days) |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis) (Antibiotic sensitivity for first isolates) | 2 business days | | √ | |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea) | 2 business days | √ | | |
Neisseria meningitidis (Meningococcal disease) | Immediately | √ | | Culture (from sterile sites only) (2 business days) |
Plasmodium species (Malaria) | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Poliovirus Acute: IgM positivity PCR positivity | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Rabies virus (human or animal) | Immediately | √ (Pathology Report Only) | | Clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Salmonella species (Salmonellosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
SARS-associated coronavirus | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (enterohemorrhagic E. coli including, but not limited to, E. coli O157:H7) | Immediately | √ | | Culture (2 business days) or specimen if no culture is available |
Shigella species (Shigellosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis) | 2 business days | √ | | Serum (2 business days) |
Trichinella species | 2 business days | √ | | On request |
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Variola virus (smallpox) | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 (Cholera) | Immediately | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Vibrio species (Vibriosis) | Within 24 hours | √ | | Culture (2 business days) |
Viral hemorrhagic fever: Arenaviruses Bunyaviruses Filoviruses Flaviviruses | Immediately | √ | | Isolate or clinical specimen associated with positive result (2 business days) |
Yellow fever virus | Immediately | √ | | Serum (2 business days) |
Yersinia enterocolitica or pseudotuberculosis | Within 24 hours | √ | | On request |
Yersinia pestis (Plague) | Immediately | √ | | Culture or other appropriate clinical material (2 business days) |