NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS LIST
Category 1: Reportable immediately to the Bureau of Health by telephone on the day of recognition or strong suspicion of disease.
Chickenpox (varicella)
Admission to hospital, any age Adults > 18 years, any clinical settingDiphtheria
Hepatitis A, B, and C (acute)
Hepatitis, acute (etiologic tests pending or etiology unknown)
Measles (rubeola)
Meningococcal disease
Outbreaks
Foodborne (involving 2 or more persons); waterborne; and respiratory Institutional Unusual disease or illnessPertussis
Poliomyelitis
Rabies (human and animal)
Rubella (including congenital)
Staphylococcus aureus disease, reduced or resistant susceptibility to vancomycin
Tuberculosis (active and presumptive cases)
Category 2: Reportable within 48 hours of recognition or strong suspicion to the Bureau of Health.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Babesiosis
Campylobacteriosis
CD4 lymphocyte counts <200/uL or <14% of total lymphocytes
Chancroid
Chlamydia (c. trachomatis) (all sites)
Chickenpox
Chickenpox-related death
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, <55 years of age
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitis, arboviral
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (and all other hemorrhagic E.coli enteritis, shiga producing E.Coli strains)
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive, all serotypes
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (post-diarrheal)
Hepatitis B (chronic, perinatal)
Hepatitis C (chronic)
Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection*
Influenza-like illness outbreaks
Legionellosis
Listeriosis
Lyme disease
Malaria
Meningitis, bacterial
Meningococcal invasive disease
Mumps
Psittacosis
Salmonellosis
Shiga toxin-related disease (gastroenteritis)
Shigellosis
Streptococcal disease, invasive Groups A and B
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Syphilis
Tetanus
Toxoplasmosis
Trichinosis
Vibrio species, including Cholera
West Nile virus infection
Yellow Fever
*Soundex patient identifier or patient name required
[DOUBLE DRAGGER] These conditions should be reported according to criteria developed in collaboration with MICRONET (statewide network of clinical microbiologists). Updated criteria and reporting forms may be obtained by calling 1-800-821-5821, or online at www.mainepublichealth.org.
[DOUBLE DRAGGER] These conditions should be reported according to criteria developed in collaboration with MICRONET (statewide network of clinical microbiologists). Updated criteria and reporting forms may be obtained by calling 1-800-821-5821, or online at www.mainepublichealth.org.
C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 208, app 144-208-B