List of Reportable Diseases/Conditions in Florida
as of 6-99
Section 381.0031(1,2), Florida Statutes, provides that "Any practitioner, licensed in Florida to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, or veterinary medicine, who diagnoses or suspects the existence of a disease of public health significance shall immediately report the fact to the Department of Health." The DOH county health departments serve as the Department's representative in this reporting requirement. Furthermore, this Section provides that "Periodically the Department shall issue a list of diseases determined by it to be of public health significance ... and shall furnish a copy of said list to the practitioners....". The list of diseases to be reported is found in Chapter 64D-3.002(1), Florida Administrative Code.
| *AIDS | Hepatitis | Salmonellosis |
| Amebiasis | Hepatitis A (T) | Shigellosis |
| Animal Bite (of humans only | Hepatitis B | ¨ Smallpox (T) |
| by a rabid animal) | Hepatitis B, Perinatal | ¨ Staphylococcus aureus |
| Anthrax (T) | Hepatitis C | (GISA/VISA) |
| Botulism (T) | Hepatitis Non-A, Non-B | ¨ Staphylococcus aureus (T) |
| Brucellosis | Hepatitis, Unspecified | (GRSA/VRSA) |
| Campylobacteriosis | HIV | Streptococcal disease, |
| **Cancer (except non | Lead Poisoning | invasive Group A |
| melanoma skin cancer) | Legionellosis | Streptococcus pneumoniae, |
| *Chancroid | Leptospirosis | Invasive Disease |
| *Chlamydia | ¨ Listeriosis (T) | *Syphilis |
| Ciguatera | Lyme Disease | Tetanus |
| Cryptosporidiosis | *Lymphogranuloma Venereum | Toxic Shock Syndrome |
| Cyclosporiasis | Malaria | Streptococcal |
| Dengue | Measles (T) | Staphylococcal |
| Diphtheria (T) | Meningitis | Toxoplasmosis (acute) |
| E. coli, enteric disease | Group B Streptococcus | Trichinosis |
| E. coli O157:H7 (T) | Haemophilus influenzae | *Tuberculosis |
| E. coli, Other (known | Listeria monocytogenes | ¨ Tularemia |
| serotype) | Meningococcal (Neisseria | Typhoid Fever |
| Ehrlichiosis, human | meningitidis) | Vibrio infections |
| Encephalitis | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Vibrio alginolyticus |
| Eastern Equine (T) | Other Bacterial (including | Vibrio cholerae |
| St. Louis (T) | unspecified) | (serogroup 01) (T) |
| Venezuelan Equine (T) | Meningococcal Disease (T) | Vibrio cholerae |
| Western Equine (T) | Mercury Poisoning (T) | (serogroup non-01) |
| Post-Infectious | Mumps | Vibrio fluvialis |
| Other (including unspecified) | Neurotoxic Shellfish | Vibrio hollisae |
| Giardiasis (acute) | Poisoning (T) | Vibrio mimicus |
| *Gonorrhea | Pertussis | Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
| *Granuloma Inquinale | Pesticide Related Illness | Vibrio vulnificus |
| Haemophilus influenzae | And Injury | Vibrio other (including |
| invasive disease | Plague (T) | unspecified) |
| Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) | Poliomyelitis (T) | Yellow Fever (T) |
| Hantavirus infection (T) | Psittacosis | Any disease outbreak |
| Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Rabies | (in the community, hospital, |
| Hemorrhagic Fever (T) | Rocky Mountain Spotted | or other institution; or |
| Fever (R. rickettsia) | foodborne/waterborne) | |
| Rubella, including congenital | is also reportable | |