Report a Disease
For Healthcare Providers Only
KERN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1800 Mt. Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93306
CONFIDENTIAL MORBIDITY REPORT (CMR)
- CMR: All Diseases except TB and Lapses of Consciousness
- CMR: Tuberculosis Only
- CMR: Lapse of Consciousness (for DMV reporting)
- Changes to Reportable Conditions
- Reportable Diseases by Reporting Urgency
- Laboratory Reporting Requirements
- Pesticide Illness Report
Interested in reporting electronically through the CalREDIE Provider Portal? Call (661) 321-3000.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING
Title 17, California Code of Regulations, §2500, requires that known or suspected cases of any of the diseases listed below are to be reported to the local health jurisdiction within the specified time frame:
REPORT IMMEDIATELY BY PHONEDuring Business Hours: (661) 321-3000
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| Anthrax | Flavivirus Infection of Undetermined Species | Rabies (Specify Human or Animal) |
| Botulism (Specify Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other) | Foodborne Disease (2 or More Cases) | Scrombroid Fish Poisoning |
| Brucellosis, Human | Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Shiga Toxin (Detected in Feces) |
| Cholera | Influenza, Novel Strains, Human | Smallpox (Variola) |
| Ciguatera Fish Poisoning | Measles (Rubeola) | Tularemia, human |
| Dengue Virus Infection | Meningococcal Infections | Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa, and Marburg Viruses) |
| Diphtheria | Novel Virus Infection with Pandemic Potential | Yellow Fever |
| Domonic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) | Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning | Zika Virus Infection |
| Escherichia coli: Shiga Toxin producing (STEC), including E. coli O157:H7 | Plague (Specify Human or Animal) |
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Immediately report occurrence of any unusual disease OR outbreaks of any disease. |
REPORT WITHIN ONE WORKING DAYPhone: (661) 321-3000 Fax: (661) 868-0261
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| Amebiasis | Hepatitis A, Acute Infection | Shigellosis |
| Babesiosis | Listeriosis | Streptococcal Infections (Outbreaks and Individual Cases in Food Handlers and Dairy Workers) |
| Campylobacteriosis | Malaria | Syphilis |
| Chickenpox (Outbreak, Hospitalization and Death) | Meningitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic) | Trichinosis |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Pertussis (Whooping Cough) | Tuberculosis (TB) |
| Encephalitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic) | Poliovirus Infection | Typhoid Fever (Case or Carrier) |
| Foodborne Disease (Individual Case) | Psittacosis | Vibrio Infections |
| Giardiasis | Q Fever | West Nile Virus Infection |
| Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease, all serotypes (Cases <5 Years of Age) | Relapsing Fever | Yersiniosis |
| Hantavirus Infection | Salmonellosis (Other than Typhoid Fever) |
REPORT BY PHONE, FAX, OR MAIL WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYSPhone: (661) 321-3000 Fax: (661) 868-0261
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| Anaplasmosis | Gonococcal Infection | Lyme Disease |
| Brucellosis, Animal (except Brucella canis) | Hepatitis B (Specify Acute or Chronic) | Mumps |
| Chancroid | Hepatitis C (Specify Acute or Chronic) | Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), Including Typhus and Typhus-like Illness |
| Chlamydia trachomatis (including Lymphogranuloma Venereum) | Hepatitis D (Delta) (Specify Acute or Chronic) | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Coccidioidomycosis | Hepatitis E, Acute Infection | Rubella (German Measles) |
| Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) | Influenza (Deaths <65 Years of Age) | Rubella Syndrome, Congenital |
| Cyclosporiasis | Legionellosis | Tetanus |
| Cysticercosis or Taeniasis | Leprosy (Hansen Disease) | Tularemia, Animal |
| Ehrlichiosis | Leptospirosis |
| REPORT WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS BY TRACEABLE MAIL
OR PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATOR PICKUP
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Stage 3 (AIDS) |