WCCHD Epidemiology Team relies on health care providers, labs, and hospitals to help us spot disease trends and identify outbreaks. In addition to the diseases considered
Notifiable Conditions by the Texas Department of State Health Services, it is vital that clinicians also report exotic diseases and unusual clusters of disease or events that raise a level of suspicions, such as apparent outbreaks of food-borne or water-borne illness.
Who is Required to Submit Reports?
Health care providers, labs, and hospitals to help us spot disease trends and identify outbreaks. In addition to the diseases considered Notifiable Conditions by the Texas Department of State Health Services, it is vital that clinicians also report exotic diseases and unusual clusters of disease or events that raise a level of suspicions, such as apparent outbreaks of food-borne or water-borne illness.
How to Report a Notifiable Disease
To report a notifiable disease (suspected or confirmed), or a public health emergency:
Report a COVID-19 case.
Normal Business Hours:
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
To report a notifiable disease use the following three (3) options:
- Call 512-943-3660 to report any emergency disease or communicable disease event to WCCHD.
After Business Hours:
- Call 512-864-8345 to report all immediately notifiable diseases during non-business hours.
Report a Food-Borne Illness from a Williamson County Restaurant:
Report tuberculosis (TB) test or suspected case.
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 & 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.
See Additional Disease Reporting Resources for more information including Guidelines and Tools for Outbreak Response.
Additional Reporting Forms
