Vermont’s list of reportable diseases and the time frames in which they are required to be reported to the Health Department are specified in Vermont law (Reportable and Communicable Disease Rule). The Vermont Department of Health depends on reports of diseases and conditions of public health concern to protect the health of Vermont residents. Timely reporting ensures that cases of communicable disease can be investigated quickly so steps can be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Both laboratory confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within 24 hours. Immediate reporting is essential for several conditions that require prompt action by public health practitioners and for diseases that might indicate a bioterrorism incident.
Update:
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is reportable (within 24 hours) in Vermont.
In addition, providers are asked to report Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in order to increase understanding.
Health care providers
To report a suspected or confirmed case of disease, contact the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program at 802-863-7240 or 800-640-4374 (within Vermont only) from 7:45 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. on business days. An epidemiologist is available 24/7 for diseases that require prompt public health follow-up.
Laboratories
Laboratories can report results electronically. Electronic reporting using HL7 messages is part of public health Meaningful Use. See the Electronic Laboratory Reporting HL7 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for more information.
Laboratories that are not ready to report electronically can report using a weekly lab report form that is mailed or faxed to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program. An epidemiologist is available 24/7 at 802-863-7240 or 800-640-4374 (within Vermont only) for diseases that require prompt public health follow-up.
Specimens or isolates of certain organisms must be sent to the Health Department Laboratory. Contact the Health Department Laboratory at 802-338-4724 or 800-660-9997 (within Vermont only) for information about how to submit cultures and specimens.
To Report:
Call the Infectious Disease Program at 802-863-7240 or 1-800-640-4374 (VT only) Reporting, consultation and support are available 24/7.
| Disease | Reporting Timeline |
|---|---|
| Anaplasmosis | within 24 hours |
| Animal Bites | within 24 hours |
| AIDS | within 24 hours |
| Anthrax | immediately |
| Arboviral illness | within 24 hours |
| Babesiosis | within 24 hours |
| Blood lead levels | within 24 hours |
| Borrelia miyamotoi infection | within 24 hours |
| Botulism | immediately |
| Brucellosis | immediately |
| Campylobacteriosis | within 24 hours |
| Candida auris | within 24 hours |
| Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), including susceptibility results | within 24 hours |
| Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), including susceptibility results | within 24 hours |
| Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), including susceptibility results | within 24 hours |
| Chlamydia trachomatis infection | within 24 hours |
| Cholera | immediately |
| COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) | within 24 hours |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease/transmissible spongiform encephalopathies | within 24 hours |
| Cryptosporidiosis | within 24 hours |
| Cyclosporiasis | within 24 hours |
| Dengue | within 24 hours |
| Diphtheria | immediately |
| Eastern equine encephalitis illness | within 24 hours |
| Ehrlichiosis | within 24 hours |
| Glanders | immediately |
| Gonorrhea | within 24 hours |
| Guillain-Barré Syndrome | within 24 hours |
| Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive | immediately |
| Hantavirus disease | within 24 hours |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) | within 24 hours |
| Hepatitis A | immediately |
| Hepatitis B | within 24 hours |
| Hepatitis C | within 24 hours |
| Hepatitis E | within 24 hours |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | within 24 hours |
| Influenza, pediatric influenza-related deaths | within 24 hours |
| Individual cases of influenza only if due to a novel strain of Influenza A | immediately |
| Pediatric influenza-related deaths | within 24 hours |
| Institutional outbreaks* | within 24 hours |
| Jamestown Canyon virus disease | within 24 hours |
| Legionellosis | within 24 hours |
| Leptospirosis | within 24 hours |
| Listeriosis | within 24 hours |
| Lyme disease | within 24 hours |
| Malaria | within 24 hours |
| Measles (Rubeola) | immediately |
| Melioidosis | immediately |
| Meningitis, bacterial | within 24 hours |
| Meningococcal disease | immediately |
| Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) | immediately |
| Mumps | within 24 hours |
| Pertussis (whooping cough) | within 24 hours |
| Plague | immediately |
| Poliovirus infection, including poliomyelitis | immediately |
| Powassan virus disease | within 24 hours |
| Psittacosis | within 24 hours |
| Q Fever | within 24 hours |
| Rabies, animal cases | within 24 hours |
| Rabies, human | immediately |
| Rabies post exposure treatment in humans (irrespective of evidence of rabies) | within 24 hours |
| Reye syndrome | within 24 hours |
| Spotted fever rickettsiosis | within 24 hours |
| Rubella (German Measles) | immediately |
| Rubella, congenital rubella syndrome | within 24 hours |
| Salmonellosis | within 24 hours |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | immediately |
| Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) | within 24 hours |
| Shigellosis | within 24 hours |
| Smallpox (variola) | immediately |
| Streptococcal disease, Group A, invasive | within 24 hours |
| Streptococcal disease, Group B invasive (infants less than one month of age) | within 24 hours |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae disease, invasive | within 24 hours |
| Syphilis | within 24 hours |
| Tetanus | within 24 hours |
| Toxic shock syndrome | within 24 hours |
| Trichinosis | within 24 hours |
| Tuberculosis infection, latent | within 24 hours |
| Tuberculosis disease | within 24 hours |
| Tularemia | immediately |
| Typhoid fever | immediately |
| Vaccinia (disease or adverse event) | within 24 hours |
| Varicella (chicken pox only) | within 24 hours |
| Viral hemorrhagic fever | immediately |
| Vibriosis | within 24 hours |
| West Nile virus illness | within 24 hours |
| Yellow fever | within 24 hours |
| Yersiniosis | within 24 hours |
| Zika virus infection | within 24 hours |
Download a PDF of the Reportable Disease list.
* Examples of institutions include long-term care facility, school, child care facility, correctional facility, shelter, camp, hospital, and day care centers.
To Report:
Laboratory findings should be reported via electronic laboratory reporting. For immediately reportable findings, call the Infectious Disease Program at 802-863-7240 or 1-800-640-4374 (VT only), available 24/7.
To Report:
Contact the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program at 802-863-7240 or 800-640-4374 (within Vermont only) from 7:45 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. on business days. An epidemiologist is available 24/7 for diseases that require prompt public health follow-up.
| Disease | Reporting Timeline |
|---|---|
| Anthrax | within 24 hours |
| Arboviral: eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, West Nile virus | within 24 hours |
| Avian Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis, Ornithosis) | within 24 hours |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | within 24 hours |
| Brucellosis (Brucella species) | within 24 hours |
| Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) | within 24 hours |
| Hantavirus | within 24 hours |
| Hendra virus | within 24 hours |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza | within 24 hours |
| Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) | within 24 hours |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex | within 24 hours |
| Nipah virus | within 24 hours |
| Plague (Yersinia pestis) | within 24 hours |
| Q Fever (Coxiella burnetti) | within 24 hours |
| Rabies | within 24 hours |
| Ricin toxin (from Ricinus communis, i.e., castor beans) | within 24 hours |
| Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) | within 24 hours |
| Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii) | within 24 hours |
| Cryptosporidiosis | within 24 hours |
- Health care providers
- Nurses
- Infection preventionists
- Physician assistants
- Laboratory directors
- Physicians
- Nurse practitioners
- School health officials
- Administrators of long-term care and assisted living facilities
- Veterinarians (for reportable animal diseases)