Did you know that you are required
by Florida statute to report certain
diseases to your local public health department?
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 Current List of Reportable Diseases/Conditions in Florida
AIDS |
Hepatitis |
Salmonellosis |
Amebiasis |
Hepatitis A (T) |
Shigellosis |
Animal Bite (of humans |
Hepatitis B |
Smallpox (T) |
by a rabid animal) |
Hepatitis B, Perinatal |
Staphylococcus aureus, |
Anthrax (T) |
Hepatitis C |
glycopeptide intermediate |
Botulism (T) |
Hepatitis Non-A, Non-B |
(GISA/VISA) |
Brucellosis |
Hepatitis, Unspecified |
Staphylococcus aureus, |
Campylobacteriosis |
HIV |
glycopeptide reisistant (T) |
Cancer (except non |
Lead Poisoning |
(GRSA/VRSA) |
melanoma skin cancer) |
Legionellosis |
Streptococcus Group A, invasive |
Chancroid |
Leptospirosis |
Streptococcus pneumoniae, |
Chlamydia trachomatis |
Listeriosis (T) |
invasive disease |
Ciguatera |
Lyme Disease |
Syphilis |
Cryptosporidiosis |
Lymphogranuloma Venereum |
Tetanus |
Cyclosporiasis |
Malaria |
Toxic Shock Syndrome |
Dengue |
Measles (T) |
Streptococcal |
Diphtheria (T) |
Meningitis |
Staphylococcal |
E. coli, enteric disease |
Group B Streptococcus |
Toxoplasmosis |
E. coli O157:H7 (T) |
Haemophilus influenzae |
Trichinosis |
E. coli, Other (known |
Listeria monocytogenes |
Tuberculosis |
serotype) |
Meningococcal (Neisseria |
Tularemia (T) |
Ehrlichiosis, human |
meningitidis) (T) |
Typhoid Fever |
Encephalitis |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Vibrio infections |
Eastern Equine (T) |
Other Bacterial (including |
Vibrio alginolyticus |
St. Louis (T) |
unspecified) |
Vibrio cholerae |
Venezuelan Equine (T) |
Meningococcal Disease (T) |
(Serogroup 01) (T) |
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 Inguinale |
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 |
|
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
Rabies |
Any disease outbreak (T) |
Hemorrhagic Fever (T) |
Rocky Mountain Spotted |
(e.g., in the community, hospital, |
Fever (R. rickettsia) |
or other institution; or |
|
Rubella, including congenital |
foodborne or waterborne) |
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is also reportable |
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(T) = To be reported immediately by telephone.
Rev. June 1999
You are an invaluable part of Florida’s disease surveillance system. For more information, please call the epidemiology unit at your local county health department or the Bureau of Epidemiology at the Department of Health office at (850) 488-2905.