Health: Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Prevention Division: Communicable Disease Reporting

Announcements:

April 15, 2024: The following resources for use in submitting Electronic Lab Reports (ELR) using the guidelines established by HL7 Messaging standards, version 2.5.1 are now available. Please contact NBS@health.in.gov with any questions.

On January 1st, 2024, updates to the Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals and the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories went into effect. Attached below, you will find the updated reportable disease lists and the summary of changes made. If you have any questions, please contact Lunden Espinosa LEspinosa@health.in.gov and Jim Sainsbury JSainsbury@health.in.gov.

Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals

Report Immediately on Suspicion
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How to Report
Step 1:
Call (317) 233-7125 (weekdays 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. EST) or (317) 233-1325 (after hours)
Step 2:
NBS Users: Report conditions via Morbidity Report in NBS

Non-NBS Users: Report via the following reporting form: Confidential Report of Communicable Diseases
- Rubella congenital syndrome
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
- Smallpox (Variola infection)
- Tularemia
- Viral hemorrhagic fever, filoviruses
  Ebola virus
  Marburg virus
- Viral hemorrhagic fever, other
  Crimean-Congohemorrhagic fever virus
  Guanarito virus
  Junin virus
  Lassa virus
  Lujo virus
  Machupo virus
  Sabia virus
Report Within One Working Day
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How to Report
NBS Users: Report conditions via Morbidity Report in NBS
Note: LTBI should be reported as an Investigation in NBS instead of via a Morbidity Report
Non-NBS Users: Report via the specific reporting form below:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
- Anaplasmosis
- Animal bite or exposure
- Arboviral disease or infection, domestic
  West Nile virus (WNV)
  St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV)
  Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV)
  California serogroup viruses
  (La Crosse virus (LACV)
  Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV))
  Powassan virus (POWV)
- Arboviral disease or infection, imported
  Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
  Dengue virus (DENV)
  Japanese encephalitis
  Yellow fever
  Zika virus (ZIKV)
- Babesiosis
- Brucellosis
- Campylobacteriosis
- Candida auris and unusual Candida spp. (species other than C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. dubliniensis, C. lusitaniae, C. tropicalis or C. krusei)
- Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO)
- Chancroid
- Chlamydia trachomatis, genital infection
  Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Coccidioidomycosis
- COVID-19-associated deaths (all ages)
- Cronobacter infection, invasive, infants (younger than 1 year of age)
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)) including, but not limited to, E. coli O157 and other serogroups)
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea Disseminated gonococcal infection
- Granuloma inguinale
- Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease, (including antimicrobial susceptibility testing)
- Hansen’s disease (leprosy)
- Hantavirus infection (pulmonary and non-pulmonary), including, but not limited to: Sin Nombre virus Seoul virus
- Hepatitis, viral, Type A
- Hepatitis, viral, Type B (acute and chronic)
- Hepatitis, viral, Type C (acute and chronic)

Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories

Report Immediately on Suspicion
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How to Report

For immediate reporting call: (317) 233-7125 (weekdays 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. EST) or (317) 233-1325 (after hours)
Please also report via electronic laboratory reporting.
For facilities unable to submit via ELR, please fax reports to 317-234-2812.
- Bacillus anthracis
- Burkholderia mallei
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Clostridium botulinum
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- Francisella tularensis
- Hepatitis, viral, type B, pregnant woman (acute and chronic) or perinatally exposed infant^†
- Measles virus
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
- Neisseria meningitidis, invasive disease
- Novel influenza A
- Poliovirus
- Rabies virus
- Rubella virus
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
- Smallpox (variola) virus
- Viral hemorrhagic fever, filoviruses
  Ebola virus
  Marburg virus
- Vibrio cholerae O1, O139, or toxigenic
- Viral hemorrhagic fever, other
  Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
  Guanarito virus
  Junin virus
  Lassa virus
  Lujo virus
  Machupo virus
  Sabia virus
- Yersinia pestis
^† Further guidance on the second page of the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories
Report Within One Working Day
Download List
How to Report
Report via electronic laboratory reporting.
For facilities unable to submit via ELR, please fax reports to 317-234-2812.
- Anaplasma spp.
- Arboviruses including, but not limited to:
  Chikungunya virus
  Dengue virus
  Jamestown Canyon virus
  Japanese encephalitis virus
  La Crosse (California serogroup) viruses
  Powassan virus
  St. Louis encephalitis virus
  Western equine encephalitis virus
  West Nile virus
  Yellow fever virus
  Zika virus
- Babesia spp.
- Bordetella pertussis
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Brucella spp.
- Campylobacter spp.
- Candida auris and unusual Candida spp. (Species
  other than C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. dubliniensis, C. lusitaniae, C. tropicalis, or C. krusei)
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii^*
- Chlamydia psittaci
- Chlamydia trachomatis Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (C. trachomatis serotypes L1, L2, or L3)
- Clostridium tetani
- Coccidioides spp.
- Coxiella burnetii
- Cronobacter spp., infants (younger than 1 year of age)
- Cryptosporidium spp.
- Cyclospora cayetanensis
- Ehrlichia spp.
- Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection (Shiga toxin-producing (STEC), including but not limited to, E. coli O157, E. coli O157:H7,non-O157 E. coli, and Shiga toxin detected^*
- Giardia spp.
- Grimontia hollisae (Vibrio hollisae)
- Haemophilus ducreyi
- Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease^*
- Hantavirus
- Hepatitis, viral, Type A, Anti-HAV IgM or RNA detected
- Hepatitis, viral, Type B^†
- Hepatitis, viral, Type C^†
- Hepatitis, viral, Type Delta^†
- Hepatitis, viral, Type E, Anti-HEV IgM and IgG
- Hepatitis, viral, unspecified
- Histoplasma capsulatum
- HIV and related retroviruses
- Influenza
- Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for tuberculosis (positive results only)
- Legionella spp.
- Leptospira spp.
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
- Mpox (Monkeypox) virus, including Non-variola Orthopox virus and Orthopox virus
- Mumps virus
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (list anatomic site to determine if disseminated infection)^*
- Pandrug-resistant Organisms^*
- Photobacterium damselae (Vibrio damsela)
- Plasmodium spp.
- Pneumocystis carinii (Pneumocystis pneumonia)
- Rickettsia (non-rickettsii spp.)
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Salmonella spp. (non-typhoidal)^*
- Salmonella serotype Paratyphi (Paratyphoid fever)^*
- Salmonella serotype Typhi (Typhoid fever)^*
- SARS-CoV-2^**
- Shigella spp.^*
- Streptococcus, group A (Streptococcus pyogenes), invasive disease^*
- Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease^*
- Treponema pallidum
- Trichinella spiralis
- Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA)^*
- Varicella-zoster virus
- Vibrio spp.
- West African monkeypox virus
- Yersinia spp., Enterocolitica, Pseudotuberculosis
^* Include antimicrobial susceptibility testing
^** Only laboratories and testing sites that submit results via electronic lab reporting (ELR)
^† Further guidance on the second page of the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories

Additional Resources

2015 Communicable Disease Reporting Rule
- The Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals & the Indiana Reportable Result_Pathogen List for Laboratories have been removed from the CD Rule, revised, and are now housed in separate documents. Please see current versions above.
COVID-19 Control Measures (updated Feb. 23, 2022)
Local Health Department Guidance on Communicable Disease Laws (updated July 26, 2021)
HIPAA and Public Health Letter
HIPAA Exemption
Requirements for Laboratory Reporting of COVID-19 Test Results
Indiana’s Communicable Disease (CD) Rule (410 IAC)
HL7 Lab Checklist for ELR
Supplemental Resources for HL7 Lab Checklist
eCR Reporting Requirements Letterhead