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The primary responsibility of our health personnel is to monitor communicable diseases and investigate outbreaks.
Introduction  |  Monthly Disease Report  |  Report a Disease
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Reporting Information For Physicians, Laboratories And Hospitals

If you need to report a disease but are not sure if it is a reportable disease or condition, click here to see the list of State Mandated Notifiable Diseases and Conditions.

The Physician/Hospital Report of Communicable Diseases is the form used to report communicable diseases. The following forms can be downloaded in Adobe PDF format or Microsoft Word. If you do not have an Adobe PDF Reader, you can download the appropriate version at the Adobe Web Site or contact The Miami-Dade County Health Department at (305) 470-5660 and request a form.

» Download a letter from the MDCHD's Medical Executive Director, Dr. Fermin Leguen, about reporting diseases and modifications made to several reporting forms

» Download the Physician/Hospital Report of Communicable Diseases Form

» Download the Animal Bite Report Form

» Download the Report Form of Sexually Transmited Diseases

» Download the Report Form of Hepatitis A

» Download the Report Form of Hepatitis B

» Download the Report Form of Hepatitis C

» Download the Report Form of Post-Influenza Encephalitis

 » Download Influenza-Associated Pediatric Death Form


There are other communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS that are covered under Chapter 64D-3. If you want to know where to send a report on any of the reportable diseases and conditions, click on Addresses and Telephone Numbers for reporting Notifiable Diseases and Conditions Sheet.

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