Healthy People in Healthy Communities
Communicable Disease Control Section
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Physicians Disease Reporting:
Diseases requiring immediate reporting can be done through Multnomah County Health Department 24/7. If you call the main number (503 988 3406) after-hours, your call will be transferred to an answering service which will locate an on-call county doctor or nurse to whom you can report.
A number of communicable diseases are reportable by physicians to local health departments in Oregon. For a list of physician-reportable diseases and conditions in Oregon, click HERE
Note:
- Hepatitis C and mumps have been added to the list of reportable diseases. Health care providers and clinical laboratories are required
by law to report cases and suspect cases of Hepatitis C and mumps to local health departments within one working day.
- HIPAA allows for reporting of communicable diseases and this reporting
is required under Oregon statute.
- For more information on HIPAA: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/m2e411a1.htm
- For more information on Oregon statutes and rules about physician
and laboratory reporting:
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/oars/rules.shtml
What if my patient is not from Multnomah County?
Reporting phone numbers for each county in the state are located on the back of the list of physician-reportable diseases.
The following DHS website provides information on how to contact Portland metro counties and other Oregon counties: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/lhd/lhd.shtml#text
Contact the
Communicable Disease (CD) Control Section:
Address:
426 SW Stark Street,
3rd Floor
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: 503 988 3406
Fax: 503 988 3407
Hours*: 8am – 5am
*Some programs or clinics within the CD Section may have
different hours; call
ahead if you need to verify hours.
Page updated February 22, 2008