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Please contact Communicable Disease Investigation and Prevention (CDIP) regarding outbreaks, notifiable conditions, infection control, and disease surveillance data. For HIV and STI prevention and treatment, contact HIV/STI Prevention. Please contact Living Environment for animal bites and rabies reporting.

Notifiable Conditions in Washington State

The following diseases and conditions are reportable in Washington state. Each disease or condition listing in the table below includes links to Washington State Department of Health Reporting Guidelines, the reporting time frame, and the form to use for each disease or condition.

Immediately Notifiable

For conditions that are considered immediately notifiable, report by calling the SRHD Communicable Disease Report Line at 509.324.1449, which is available 24/7. The primary form for most diseases is the Communicable Disease Report Form (CD) unless another form or reporting procedure is noted. If you have questions about whether to report a condition, please call 509.324.1442.

Use the link below to download the form.


Notifiable Conditions A-Z List

Disease or Condition

Reporting Time frame 

Report Form

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)ImmediatelyCD
Anaplasmosis24 hoursCD
Animal BitesImmediately
when human exposure is suspected
Animal Bite
AnthraxImmediatelyCD
Arboviral Disease3 daysCD
Asthma, OccupationalMonthly 1.888.66.SHARPLabor and Industries
Babesiosis24 hoursCD
Birth DefectsMonthly 360.236.3533
BotulismImmediately
foodborne, wound and infant
CD
Brucellosis24 hoursCD
Burkholderia Infection (Melioidosis or Glanders)ImmediatelyCD
Campylobacteriosis3 daysCD
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)24 hoursCD
Chagas Disease*24 hoursCD
Chancroid3 daysSTI Case
Chlamydia3 daysSTI Case
CholeraImmediatelyCD
Coccidioidomycosis24 hoursCD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)3 daysCD
Cryptococcus gattii24 hoursCD
Cryptosporidiosis3 daysCD
Cyclosporiasis3 daysCD
DiphtheriaImmediatelyCD
Ebola Virus DiseaseImmediatelyCD
Ehrlichiosis24 hoursCD
Enterohemorrhagic E. coliImmediatelyCD
Foodborne Disease OutbreaksImmediatelyREDCap Facility Outbreak Notification Tool: Healthcare Settings
Giardiasis3 daysCD
Glanders (Burkholderia Infection)ImmediatelyCD
Gonorrhea3 daysSTI Case
Granuloma Inguinale3 daysSTI Case
Gunshot24 hoursWashington State Firearm Injury Reporting System
Haemophilus InfluenzaeImmediatelyCD
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome24 hoursCD
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)ImmediatelyCD
Hepatitis A, acute24 hoursCD
Hepatitis B, acute24 hoursCD
Hepatitis B, perinatal3 daysCD
Hepatitis B, chronicmonthlyCD
Hepatitis C, acute24 hoursCD
Hepatitis C, chronic3 daysCD
Hepatitis D3 daysCD
Hepatitis E24 hoursCD
Herpes (initial Genital and neonatal infections only)3 daysSTI Case
HIV/AIDS3 days

HIV/AIDS Case Report Form

Substantial Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens

Influenza (suspect case of novel or avian)ImmediatelyCD
Influenza-associated death3 daysCD
Influenza (outbreaks in congregate living settings)24 hoursREDCap Facility Outbreak Notification Tool: Healthcare Settings
Lead, Child Blood2 daysCD
Legionellosis24 hoursCD
Leptospirosis24 hoursCD
Listeriosis24 hoursCD
Lyme Disease3 daysCD
Lymphogranuloma Venereum3 daysSTI Case
Malaria3 daysCD
MeaslesImmediatelyMeasles Quick Assessment
Melioidosis (Burkholderia Infection)ImmediatelyCD
Meningococcal DiseaseImmediatelyCD
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)ImmediatelyCD

Mpox (Monkeypox)

ImmediatelyCD
Mumps24 hoursCD

Outbreak Reporting

See also:

Foodborne Outbreaks

Norovirus Outbreak Response Toolkit

Waterborne Outbreaks

ImmediatelyREDCap Facility Outbreak Notification Tool: Healthcare Settings
Pertussis24 hoursCD
Pesticide Poisoning

Immediately
if fatal, hospitalized or cluster

3 days
if non-fatal, non-hospitalized or non-cluster

1.800.222.1222
PlagueImmediatelyCD
PolioImmediatelyCD
Prion Diseases, Human (CJD)3 daysCD
Psittacosis24 hoursCD
PSP (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning)ImmediatelyCD
Q Fever24 hoursCD
Rabies, HumanImmediatelyCD
Rabies, Suspected Human ExposureImmediately

CD

Animal Bite Report Form

Relapsing Fever24 hoursCD
RubellaImmediatelyCD
Salmonellosis24 hoursCD
Shellfish Poisoning, Paralytic, Domoic Acid, or DiarrheticImmediatelyCD
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli ("STEC")ImmediatelyCD
Shigellosis24 hoursCD
Spotted Fever Rickettsioses24 hoursCD
Syphilis3 daysSTI Case
Tetanus3 daysCD
Tick Paralysis24 hoursCD
Trichinosis3 daysCD
Tuberculosis (TB)ImmediatelyTuberculosis Report Form 
TularemiaImmediatelyCD
Typhoid fever24 hoursCD
Typhus*24 hoursCD
Unexplained Critical Illness or Death24 hoursCD
Vibriosis24 hoursCD
Highly Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (Including VRSA)*24 hoursCD
Waterborne Disease OutbreaksImmediatelyREDCap Facility Outbreak Notification Tool: Healthcare Settings
West Nile Virus Disease3 daysCD
Yellow FeverImmediatelyCD
Yersiniosis24 hoursCD
Zika Virus3 daysCD

*Considered an additional reportable disease by the Washington State DOH, per WAC 246-101-101 and WAC 246-101-201.