Diseases Reportable to Local Boards of Health

Cases or suspect cases of the diseases listed below shall be reported by household members, physicians and other health care providers as defined by M.G.L. c. 111, § 1, and other officials designated by the Department, by telephone, in writing, by facsimile or other secure electronic means, as deemed acceptable by the Department, including transmission from electronic health records, immediately, but in no case more than 24 hours after diagnosis or identification, to the board of health in the community where the case is diagnosed or suspect case is identified. Full demographic, clinical and epidemiologic information, as defined by the Department, must be included for each report. The local board of health's responsibility, upon receipt of a report, is set forth in 105 CMR 300.110 and 300.160. Physicians and other health care providers shall also report the diseases listed below when identified to be present through point of care testing. If diseases primarily ascertained through laboratory testing are reported to the Department pursuant to 105 CMR 300.170 through 300.174, such report may serve in lieu of direct reporting to local boards of health: Amebiasis Anaplasmosis Anthrax Arbovirus infection including, but not limited to, infection caused by: chikungunya virus, dengue, eastern equine encephalitis virus, Jamestown Canyon virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus Babesiosis Botulism Brucellosis Campylobacteriosis Cholera COVID-19 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporiasis Diphtheria Ehrlichiosis Encephalitis, any cause Foodborne illness due to toxins (including mushroom toxins, ciguatera toxins, scombrotoxin, tetrodotoxin, paralytic shellfish toxin and amnesic shellfish toxin, staphylococcus enterotoxin, and others) Giardiasis Glanders Group A streptococcus, invasive infection Group B streptococcus, invasive infection in children younger than one year old Haemophilus influenzae, invasive infection Hansen's disease (leprosy) Hantavirus infection Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Hepatitis syndrome, acute Influenza Legionellosis Listeriosis Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection Lyme disease Malaria Measles Melioidosis Meningitis, bacterial, community-acquired Meningitis, viral (aseptic) or other infectious (non-bacterial) Meningococcal disease, invasive infection (with N. meningitidis) Mumps Norovirus infection Pertussis Plague Poliomyelitis Powassan Pox virus infections in humans, including variola (smallpox), monkeypox, vaccinia, and other orthopox or parapox viruses Psittacosis Q Fever Rabies in humans Respiratory infection due to a novel or unusual coronavirus, causing severe disease in humans including, but not limited to, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Reye syndrome Rickettsialpox Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rubella Salmonellosis Shigellosis Shiga toxin-producing organisms isolated from humans, including enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive infection in individuals younger than 18 years of age Tetanus Toxic shock syndrome Trichinosis Tularemia Typhoid Fever Typhus Varicella (chickenpox) Vibriosis (non-Cholera) Viral hemorrhagic fevers including, but not limited to, infection caused by Ebola virus, Marburg virus and other filoviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and flaviviruses Yersiniosis