Notifiable Conditions & the Health Care Provider
The following conditions are notifiable to Public Health – Seattle & King County in accordance with WAC 246-101. Timeframes for notification are footnoted. Immediately notifiable conditions in bold should be reported when suspected or confirmed.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (including Lymphogranuloma venereum 3d AIDS in persons previously reported with HIV infection) 3d Malaria 3d Animal bites (when human exposure to rabies is suspected) Imm Measles (rubeola) acute disease only Imm Anthrax Imm Meningococcal disease (invasive) Imm Arboviral disease (West Nile virus disease, dengue, Eastern & Monkeypox Imm 3d Western equine encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis, and Powassan) Mumps (acute disease only) 24h Botulism (foodborne, wound and infant) Imm Outbreaks of suspected foodborne origin Imm Brucellosis (Brucella species) 24h Outbreaks of suspected waterborne origin Imm Imm Burkholdier mallei (Glanders) and pseudomallei (Melioidosis) Paralytic shellfish poisoning Imm 3d Campylobacteriosis Pertussis 24h 3d Chancroid Plague Imm 3d Chlamydia trachomatis infection Poliomyelitis Imm Cholera Imm Prion disease 3d Imm Coronavirus (MERS-CoV, SARS, Other Novel Coronavirus) Psittacosis 24h 3d Cryptosporidiosis Q fever 24h Cyclosporiasis 3d Rabies (confirmed human or animal) Imm Diphtheria Imm Rabies, suspected human exposure Imm Imm Disease of suspected bioterrorism origin Relapsing fever (borreliosis) 24h Domoic acid poisoning Imm Rubella (including congenital rubella syndrome) Imm E. coli - Refer to “Shiga toxin producing E. coli (acute disease only) Imm Imm Emerging condition with Outbreak potential Salmonellosis 24h 3d Giardiasis SARS Imm Gonorrhea 3d Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections (including 3d Granuloma inguinale but not limited to E. coli 0157:H7) Imm Haemophilus influenzae (invasive disease, children < age 5) Imm Shigellosis 24h 24h Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Smallpox Imm Hepatitis A, acute infection 24h Syphilis (including congenital) 3d Hepatitis B, acute 24h Tetanus 3d Hepatitis B, chronic (initial diagnosis/previously unreported cases) Mo Trichinosis 3d Hepatitis B, surface antigen positive pregnant women 3d Tuberculosis Imm Hepatitis C, acute 3d and chronic Mo (initial diagnosis only) Tularemia Imm Hepatitis D (acute and chronic infections) 3d Vaccinia transmission Imm Hepatitis E (acute infection) 24h Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (not to Herpes simplex, neonatal and genital (initial infection only) 3d include vancomycin intermediate) 24h HIV infection 3d Varicella-associated death 3d Immunization reactions 3d (severe, adverse) Vibriosis 24h Influenza, novel or untypable strain Imm Viral hemorrhagic fever Imm Influenza-associated death (lab confirmed) 3d Yellow fever Imm Legionellosis 24h Yersiniosis 24h Leptospirosis 24h Other rare diseases of public health significance 24h Listeriosis 24h Unexplained critical illness or death 24h Lyme disease 3d
ImmImmediately - report when suspected or confirmed 24Within 24 hours 3d Within 3 business days MoMonthly
Conditions Notifiable to the TO REPORT A NOTIFIABLE CONDITION IN KING COUNTY Washington State Department of Health: Phone Fax Asthma, occupational 1-888-66-SHARP Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) must be Mo (suspected or confirmed) reported via fax or mail on a specific STD (206) 744-5622 Confidential Case Report form Mo Birth Defects (autism 360-236-3533 Tuberculosis (daytime and after hours) (206) 744-4579 (206) 744-4350 spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and alcohol related HIV/AIDS (206) 296-4645 All other Notifiable Communicable Diseases birth defects) (206) 296-4774 (206) 296-4803 (daytime and after hours) Pesticide poisoning 1-800-222-1222 Voice mail line for reporting ONLY non- (hospitalized, fatal, or immediately notifiable conditions (24 hours a (206) 296-4782 cluster) Imm day) Pesticide Poisoning 1-800-222-1222
(all other) 3d For more information, report forms, and mailing addresses please see: www.kingcounty.gov/cd/reporting Rev. July 2021