Communicable Disease Reporting

To report a communicable disease in El Dorado County, contact:

El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public Health Division relies on physicians and laboratories in the county to fulfill their responsibilities in providing timely submission of reportable diseases via the Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) form. Please fax the form to (530) 295-2589.

Further questions and concerns about disease reporting should be addressed to The El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public Health Division by calling (530) 621-6236 or (530) 621-6109.

Doctors, if calling after normal business hours, please use this toll free number when reporting a possible local health emergency or state health emergency: 866-598-9821.

Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR), §2500
Reportable Diseases and Conditions

§2500. Reporting to the Local Health Authority

§2500 (b) It shall be the duty of every health care provider, knowing of or in attendance on a case of any of the diseases or conditions listed below, to report to the local health officer for the jurisdiction where the patient resides. Where no health care provider is in attendance, any individual having the knowledge of a person who is suspected to be suffering from one of the diseases or conditions listed below may make such a report to the local health officer for the jurisdiction where the patient resides.

§2500 (c) The administrator of each health facility, clinic or other setting where more than one health care provider may know of a case, a suspected case or an outbreak of disease within the facility shall establish and be responsible for administrative procedures to assure that reports are made to the local Health Officer.

§2500 (a) (14) 'Health care provider' means a physician and surgeon, a veterinarian, a podiatrist, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, a registered nurse, a nurse midwife, a school nurse, an infection control practitioner, a medical examiner, a coroner, or a dentist.

To look-up other laws or codes, refer to the searchable databases. For Urgency Reporting Requirements [17 CCR §2500 (h) (i)] and Reportable Communicable Diseases [17 CCR §2500 (j) (l)] refer to the Communicable Disease Reporting Timelines.