Disease Reporting

Disease Reporting 24-hour phone number: (503) 988-3406

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.oshd.org/acd/oars/div18.cfm
  

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

Page updated March 06, 2008