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Kern County Public Health Services Department
1800 Mt. Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306

Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR)

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 Phone

During Business Hours: (661) 321-3000
After Hours: (661) 241-3255 (Ask for Public Health On-Call Staff)

Anthrax
Botulism (Specify Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other)
Brucellosis, Human
Cholera
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Diphtheria
Domonic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
Flavivirus Infection of Undetermined Species
Foodborne Disease (2 or More Cases)
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Influenza, Novel Strains, Human
Measles (Rubeola)
Meningococcal Infections
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Novel Coronavirus Infection
Novel Virus Infection with Pandemic Potential
Smallpox (Variola)
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Plague (Specify Human or Animal)
Rabies (Specify Human or Animal)
Scrombroid Fish Poisoning
Shiga Toxin (Detected in Feces)
Tularemia, human
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa, and Marburg Viruses)

Immediately report occurrence of any unusual disease OR outbreaks of any disease.

Report by Phone, Fax, Mail Within One (1) Working Day

Phone: (661) 321-3000
Fax: (661) 868-0261
Mail: 1800 Mt Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306

Electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE)

Babesiosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chickenpox (Outbreak, Hospitalization and Death)
Chikungunya Virus Infection
Cryptosporidiosis
Dengue Virus Infection
Encephalitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)
Escherichia coli: Shiga Toxin producing (STEC), including E. coli O157
Foodborne Disease (Individual Case)
Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease, all serotypes (Cases <5 Years of Age)
Hantavirus Infection
Hepatitis A, Acute Infection
Listeriosis
Malaria
Meningitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, or Parasitic)
Paratyphoid Fever
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Poliovirus Infection
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Relapsing Fever
Salmonellosis (Other than Typhoid Fever)
Shigellosis
Syphilis (all stages, including congenital)
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis (TB)
Typhoid Fever (Case or Carrier)
Vibrio Infections
West Nile Virus Infection
Yellow Fever
Yersiniosis
Zika Virus Infection

Report by Phone, Fax, or Mail Within Seven (7) Calendar Days

Phone: (661) 321-3000
Fax: (661) 868-0261
Mail: 1800 Mt Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306

Electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE)

Anaplasmosis
Brucellosis, Animal (exceptBrucella canis)
Chancroid
Coccidioidomycosis
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)
Cyclosporiasis
Cysticercosis or Taeniasis
Ehrlichiosis
Giardiasis
Gonococcal Infection
Hepatitis B (Specify Acute, Chronic or perinatal)
Hepatitis C (Specify Acute, Chronic or perinatal)
Hepatitis D (Delta) (Specify Acute or Chronic)
Hepatitis E, Acute Infection
Influenza-associated deaths in lab-confirmed cases less than 18 years of age
Legionellosis
Leprosy (Hansen Disease)
Leptospirosis
Lyme Disease
Mumps
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - associated deaths in lab confirmed cases <5 Years of Age
Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), Including Typhus and Typhus-like Illness
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella (German Measles)
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital
Tetanus
Tularemia, Animal

Report Within Seven (7) Calendar Days by Traceable Mail or Person-To-Person Transfer (Courier)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, any stage
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, progression to Stage 3 (AIDS)