44:20:01:03. Category I reportable diseases and conditions. Category I reportable diseases and conditions have a potential for epidemic spread or require rapid application of public health measures to prevent a serious threat to public health or safety. Category I reportable diseases and conditions include:
(1) Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis);
(2) Botulism (Clostridium botulinum);
(3) Brucellosis (Brucella spp);
(4) Coronavirus respiratory syndromes;
(5) Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae);
(6) Epidemics or outbreaks:
(a) Acute upper respiratory illness;
(b) Diarrheal disease;
(c) Foodborne;
(d) Healthcare-associated infections;
(e) Illnesses in child care settings;
(f) Rash illness;
(g) Waterborne;
(7) Escherichia coli Shiga toxin-producing (STEC);
(8) Measles;
(9) Meningococcal disease, invasive (Neisseria meningitidis);
(10) Novel strains of Influenza A;
(11) Orthopoxvirus (Variola and non-Variola viruses);
(12) Plague (Yersinia pestis);
(13) Poliomyelitis, paralytic, and non-paralytic;
(14) Rabies, human and animal;
(15) Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome;
(16) Syndromes suggestive of bioterrorism and other public health threats;
(17) Tuberculosis, active disease (Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis);
(18) Tularemia (Francisella tularensis);
(19) Viral hemorrhagic fevers (Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Lujo virus, Marburg virus, Guanarito virus, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Sabia virus, Chapare virus);
(20) Yellow fever (flavivirus); and
(21) Unexplained illnesses or deaths of humans or animals.
Source: 20 SDR 69, effective November 17, 1993; 28 SDR 92, effective December 30, 2001; 29 SDR 87, effective December 22, 2002; 30 SDR 89, effective December 7, 2003; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 38 SDR 8, effective August 1, 2011; 39 SDR 203, effective June 10, 2013; 42 SDR 77, effective November 30, 2015; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023.
