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Disease Reporting Information for Health Care and Laboratory Providers

Contact the Florida Department of Health

  •  850-245-4401
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    Mailing Address

    Florida Department of Health 

    4052 Bald Cypress Way 

    Tallahassee, FL 32399 

Health care and laboratory providers are required to report conditions of public health importance to the Florida Department of Health as defined in Chapter 64D-3 of the Florida Administrative Code.

On this page, reporting requirements, methods for fulfilling them and associated resources are provided.

Health Care Providers
Requirement

Facilities providing health care services must submit case reports for reportable diseases and conditions, in line with the Health Care Practitioner Reporting Guidelines, to the appropiate county health department contact.

Medical records must be made available for epidemiologic investigations.

 

Fax Reporting

Fax the Practitioner Disease Reporting Form and medical records pertaining to the patient's infection to your county health department contact.

*Entities that provide both health care AND laboratory services (e.g., physicians providing point of care lab testing) must fulfill the requirement for "health care providers" AND "laboratory providers."

Laboratory Providers
Requirement
Requirement

Facilities providing laboratory services must submit laboratory reports for reportable diseases and conditions, in line with the Laboratory Reporting Guidelines.

Option 1: Electronic Laboratory Reporting

Option 2: Fax reporting

Fax laboratory report directly to your county health department contact or to our central office fax number at 850-414-6894.

*Entities that provide both health care AND laboratory services (e.g., physicians providing point of care lab testing) must fulfill the requirement for "health care providers" AND "laboratory providers."

*Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Acrobat Reader may be required to view these files.