Diseases, Reportable

“Each physician or other person suffering from cholera, plague, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever or any other disease dangerous to the public health, or required by the Department of Health to be reported, shall report to the Health Commissioner within whose jurisdiction the sick person is found the name, age, sex and color of the patient, and the house and place in which the sick person may be found.” ORC § 3707.06 (Similar reporting requirements are found in ORC § 3701.24) A complete list of diseases to be reported is found in the Public Health Council’s rule OAC § 3701-3-02 and is available from:


The Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0558
(614) 466-3543

Diseases listed as Class A and Class B under OAC § 3701-3-02 shall be reported to the Board of Health within twenty-four hours after the existence of such a case or suspected case is known. OAC § 3701-3-05

Diseases, Reportable

 
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