Notifiable Diseases

    A current list of the conditions and diseases that are required to be reported can be found on the Texas Department of State Health Services website. Both confirmed and suspected cases should be reported, as well as any outbreaks or unusual group expressions of disease. When reporting, please include the patient's name, age, sex, race/ethnicity, DOB, address, telephone number, disease, date of onset, method of diagnosis, and name and contact information of the physician.


    Timely reporting helps us to monitor county health trends, identify potential disease outbreaks, prevent secondary transmission, and evaluate the effectiveness of control measures.



    To report immediately notifiable diseases during non-business hours call 512-216-0162. If no answer, leave a message and your call will be returned within 24 hours. 


    Tuberculosis (TB)

    • To report or refer a patient for TB testing and/or treatment, please complete this form and fax it to 512-393-5530
    • Call 515-393-5569 to speak to the TB case manager


    Reporting Forms and Links

    Perinatal Hepatitis B (HBsAg+ pregnant women)


    • How To Report a Notifiable Disease

      To report a notifiable disease (suspected or confirmed), or a public health emergency:


      During Normal Business Hours:


      Call 512-393-5520 to speak to an epidemiologist; or


      Submit a Notifiable Disease Report Form;

      • Fax to HCHD at 512-393-5530; or
      • Email the form through a secure email address to HCHDInfectiousDisease@co.hays.tx.us; or
      • Submit an electronic form via our JotForm here.

      After Business Hours:


      Call XXX-XXX-XXXX or XXX-XXX-XXXX to report all Texas Immediately Notifiable Diseases during non-businesss hours

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    • What Diseases to Report

      Visit DSHS Infectious Diseases' Notifiable Disease Conditions for more information about requirements by Texas Health and Safety Code (Chapters 81, 84, and 87). To help keep our community safe, outbreaks or any unusual occurrence of a condition/disease should be reported, even if it is not on the List of Notifiable Conditions.

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    • Laws and Regulations

      Read more about disease reporting in the Texas Health and Safety Code in Chapter 81 Communicable Disease, then 81.041 Reportable Diseases.


      Read more about rules in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 97 governing control measures and reporting of communicable diseases.

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    • Additional Reporting Forms

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    • Guidelines and Tools for Outbreak Response

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