Alabama Administrative Code
Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chapter 420-4-1 - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
Appendix I - Alabama Notifiable Diseases/Conditions (Healthcare Providers And Other Required Reporters, Excluding Laboratories)
Immediate, Extremely Urgent Disease/Condition - Report to the County or State Health Department by telephone within 4 hours of presumptive diagnosis or clinical suspicion
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Anthrax, human |
Smallpox |
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Botulism |
Tularemia |
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Brucellosis |
Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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Plague |
Cases related to nuclear, biological, or chemical terroristic agents |
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Poliomyelitis, paralytic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) disease |
Immediate, Urgent Disease/Condition - Report to the County or State Health Department by electronic means as specified by the Department or by telephone within 24 hours of presumptive diagnosis
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COVID-19 infection in congregate living facilities |
Measles (rubeola) |
Rabies, human and animal |
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Diphtheria |
Meningococcal disease |
Rubella |
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Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease1 |
(Neisseria meningitidis)1 |
Tuberculosis disease, active |
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), post-diarrhea1 |
Novel influenza A virus infection (i.e., potential new strain |
Typhoid fever |
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Hepatitis A, including ALT |
Pertussis |
Outbreaks of any kind |
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Legionellosis |
Poliovirus infection, nonparalytic |
Cases of potential public 2 health importance |
Standard Disease/Condition - Report to the County or State Health Department by electronic means as specified by the Department within 3 days of diagnosis, unless otherwise noted
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Acute flaccid myelitis |
Hepatitis B, C, and D (Acute only and with associated ALTs) |
Salmonellosis |
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Anaplasmosis |
HIV infection* (including asymptomatic infection, AIDS, CD4 counts, and viral loads) |
Shigellosis |
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Arboviral disease |
Influenza-associated pediatric deaths |
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis |
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Babesiosis |
Lead, all blook results |
Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin-intermediate (VISA) and Vancomycin- resistant (VRSA) |
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2 Birth defects |
Listeriosis1 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive 1 disease |
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Campylobacteriosis |
Lyme disease |
Syphilis* |
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Chancroid* |
Malaria |
Tetanus |
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Chlamydia trachomatis* |
Mumps |
Trichinellosis (Trichinosis) |
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Cholera |
Perinatal hepatitis B & C |
Tuberculosis infection, latent |
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Coccidioidomycosis |
Perinatal HIV Exposure (<18 months of age) |
Varicella |
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Cryptosporidiosis |
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis |
Yellow fever |
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Cyclosporiasis |
Q Fever |
Zika virus |
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Dengue E.coli, shiga toxin producing (STEC) Ehrlichiosis Gonorrhea* Hansen's disease (Leprosy) |
*Designated Sexually Transmitted Diseases by the State Board of Health
1 Detection of organism from a normally sterile body site (e.g., blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or, less commonly, joint, pleural, or pericardial fluid)
2 Reportable within 30 days of diagnosis or associated laboratory test
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State Health Department Telephone Numbers:
Bureau of Clinical Laboratories 334-290-6130 (24-hour coverage)
Infectious Diseases & Outbreaks Division 334-206-5971 or 1-800-338-8374 (24-hour coverage), FAX: 334-206-3734
Office of HIV Prevention & Care 334-206-5364 or 1-800-344-1153
Division of Immunization 334-206-5023 or 1-800-469-4599
Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 334-206-5350
Division of Tuberculosis Control 334-206-5330
Author: Sherri L. Davidson, Ph.D, M.P.H.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §22-11A-1.
