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All Georgia physicians, laboratories, and other health care providers are required by law to report patients with the following conditions.

  • REPORT IMMEDIATELY

    To Report Immediately | Call: District Health Office or 1-866-PUB-HLTH (1-866-782-4584)

    • all outbreaks/clusters (including infectious and non-infectious causes, toxic substance and drug-related, and any other outbreak)
    • unusual occurrence of disease of public health concern*
    • all acute arboviral infections
      • California serogroup viruses (California encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon, Keystone, La Crosse, snowshoe hare, trivitattus)
      • chikungunya virus
      • dengue virus
      • equine encephalitis viruses (eastern, venezuelan, western)
      • powassan virus
      • St. Louis encephalitis virus
      • yellow fever virus
      • Zika virus
    • amebic (free living) infections (Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, Sappinia spp., etc)
    • animal bites
    • > anthrax
    • > botulism
    • > brucellosis (Brucella spp. including B. abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, B. suis)
    • cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae)
    • diphtheria
    • Haemophilus influenzae, invasive infections**
    • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
    • hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
    • hepatitis A***
      • reactive anti-HAV IgM
    • measles (rubeola)
    • > melioidosis
    • meningitis (specify agent when reporting)
    • meningococcal disease, invasive infections**
    • novel influenza A virus infections
    • novel respiratory virus infections (SARS, MERS, etc.)
    • > orthopoxvirus infections (i.e., smallpox, mpox)
    • pertussis
    • > plague
    • poliomyelitis
    • > Q fever
    • rabies (human and animal infections)
    • SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19)
      • positive results (excluding antibody and at-home tests)
    • Staphylococcus aureus infections with vancomycin MIC ≥ 4 mcg / mL
    • Shiga-toxin producing E. coli infections (including O157)
    • syphilis
      • positive non-treponemal or treponemal test
      • during pregnancy
      • congenital
    • tuberculosis (TB)
      • confirmed or suspect, any age
      • latent TB infection (LTBI) in children < 6 years old
    • > tularemia
    • > viral hemorrhagic fevers
  • REPORT WITHIN 7 DAYS
    • acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
    • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)#
    • anaplasmosis
    • aseptic meningitis
    • babesiosis
    • blood lead levels
    • campylobacteriosis
    • Candida auris infections
    • carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infections
      • Enterobacter spp.
      • Escherichia coli
      • Klebsiella spp.
    • chancroid
    • Chlamydia trachomatis (genital infection)
    • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), confirmed and suspected cases < 55 years old
    • cryptosporidiosis
    • cyclosporiasis
    • ehrlichiosis
    • giardiasis
    • gonorrhea
    • hearing loss (confirmed or suspected permanent, <6 years old)##
    • hepatitis B (acute and chronic)***
      • reactive HBsAg and all associated HBV lab markers (HBV DNA, anti-HBc IgM, total anti-HBc, anti-HBe, HBeAg, anti-HBs)
      • detected HBV DNA and all associated HBV lab markers (HBsAg anti-HBc IgM, total anti-HBc, anti-HBe, HBeAg, anti-HBs)
      • undetectable HBV DNA
      • HBsAg reactive pregnant women
      • perinatal HBV exposures
      • all HBsAg and anti-HBs (positive, negative, indeterminate) for children ≤ 2 years old
    • hepatitis C (acute and chronic)***
      • reactive anti-HCV (both serology and point-of-care rapid testing)
      • HCV RNA by PCR (both detected and undetected)
      • detected HCV genotype
      • anti-HCV reactive or HCV RNA detected pregnant women
      • perinatal HCV exposures
      • all (positive, negative, indeterminate) anti-HCV and HCV RNA by PCR for children ≤ 3 years of age
    • hepatitis D (acute and chronic)
    • hepatitis E (acute)
    • HIV infection#
      • - Infection, any stage OR progression to stage 3 (AIDS)
      • - Perinatal HIV exposure
    • influenza, RSV, or COVID-19-associated death (all ages)
    • legionellosis
    • leprosy (Hansen’s disease) (Mycobacterium leprae)
    • leptospirosis
    • listeriosis****
    • Lyme disease
    • lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
    • malaria
    • maternal death (during pregnancy or within 1 year of end of pregnancy)###
    • multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
    • mumps
    • psittacosis
    • rubella (including congenital)
    • salmonellosis (including typhoid fever)
    • shigellosis
    • Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp.)
    • streptococcal disease, group A or B (invasive)**
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae infection (invasive)**
      • report with antibiotic-resistance information
    • tetanus
    • toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
    • varicella (chickenpox)
    • vibriosis (Vibrio spp.)
    • yersiniosis

     

  • REPORT WITHIN 14 DAYS
    • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Information for reporting NAS is available at dph.georgia.gov/nas.
  • REPORT WITHIN 1 MONTH
    • Birth Defects, including fetal deaths of at least 20 weeks gestational age and children < 6 years old. Information for reporting birth defects available at dph.georgia.gov/birth-defects-reporting.
    • Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs). For facilities required to report HAI data to CMS via NHSN. Report in accordance with the NHSN protocol. Reporting requirements and information available at https://dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/healthcare-associated-infections/nhsn-notifiable-reporting.
  • REPORT WITHIN 6 MONTHS
    • Benign brain and central nervous system tumors
    • Cancer

    Report forms and reporting information for tumors and cancer is available at dph.georgia.gov/chronic-disease-prevention/georgia-comprehensive-cancer-registry/reporting-cancer.

REPORT CASES ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE STATE ELECTRONIC NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AT sendss.state.ga.us

 

FOOTNOTES

> Potential agent of bioterrorism.

*To be determined in consultation with DPH Epidemiology. Based on public health impact potential. Ultimate decision made by State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist.

** Invasive = isolated from blood, bone, CSF, joint, pericardial, peritoneal, or pleural fluid.

*** ALT and total bilirubin associated with hepatitis A, B, or C serology should be reported

**** L. monocytogenes resulting in infant mortality is reportable to Vital Records.

REPORTING FOR OTHER CONDITIONS

# Report forms and reporting requirements available at dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/georgias-hivaids-epidemiology-section/hivaids-case-reporting

## Hearing loss case report form is available at dph.georgia.gov/EHDI.

### Reporting information for maternal deaths is available at dph.georgia.gov/maternal-mortality