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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 (viral) |
Salmonellosis |
Amebiasis |
Hepatitis A (T) |
Shigellosis |
Animal Bite (to humans |
Hepatitis B (includes perinatal) |
Smallpox (T) |
by a potentially rabid animal) |
Hepatitis C |
Staphylococcus aureus , |
Anthrax (T) |
Hepatitis Non-A, Non-B |
glycopeptide intermediate |
Botulism (T) Brucellosis |
Hepatitis, Other including Unspecified |
(GISA/VISA) |
Campylobacteriosis |
Hepatitis (viral), positive B surface antigen in a pregnant |
Staphylococcus aureus ,Glycopeptide resistant (T) |
Cancer (except non melanoma skin cancer) |
woman or child <25 months of age |
(GRSA/VRSA) |
Chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis |
HIV Lead Poisoning |
Streptococcal Disease, invasive group A |
Ciguatera Congenital Anomalies |
Legionellosis Leptospirosis |
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease |
Cryptosporidiosis |
Listeriosis (T) |
Syphilis |
Cyclosporiasis |
Lyme Disease |
Tetanus |
Dengue |
Lymphogranuloma Venereum |
Toxic Shock Syndrome |
Diphtheria (T) |
Malaria |
Streptococcal |
Ehrlichiosis, human |
Measles (T) |
Staphylococcal |
Encephalitis |
Meningitis (Bacterial & Mycotic) |
Toxoplasmosis (acute) |
Eastern Equine (T) |
Group B Streptococcus |
Trichinosis |
St. Louis (T) |
Haemophilus influenzae |
Tuberculosis |
Venezuelan Equine (T) |
Listeria monocytogenes |
Tularemia (T) |
Western Equine (T) |
Meningococcal (Neisseria |
Typhoid Fever |
Post-Infectious |
Meningitidis) (T) |
Vibrio Infections |
Other (including unspecified) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Vibrio alginolyticus |
Enteric disease due to: |
Other Bacterial (including |
Vibrio cholerae (T) |
E. coli O157:H7 (T) |
Unspecified) |
(Serogroup 01) |
E. coli , Other (known serotype) |
Meningococcal Disease (T) |
(Serogroup Non-01) |
Giardiasis (acute) |
Mercury Poisoning (T) |
Vibrio fluvialis |
Gonorrhea |
Mumps |
Vibrio hollisae |
Granuloma Inguinale |
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (T) |
Vibrio mimicus |
Haemophilus influenzae, type B |
Pertussis |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
invasive disease |
Pesticide Poisoning |
Vibrio vulnificus |
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) |
Plague (T) |
Vibrio other (including |
Hantavirus infection (T) |
Poliomyelitis (T) |
Unspecified) |
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
Psittacosis |
Yellow Fever (T) |
Hemorrhagic Fever (T) |
Rabies |
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Rocky Mountain Spotted |
Any disease outbreak (T) |
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Fever, R. rickettsii |
(e.g., in the community, hospital, |
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Rubella, including congenital |
or other institution; or |
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Foodborne or waterborne) |
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is also reportable |
(T) = To be reported immediately by telephone.
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.
Created: 7/26/99 12:54:40 PM Printed: 7/27/99 10:08 AM