# Texas — US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition

For Texas, disease / condition is Hepatitis A; reporting timeframe is Within 1 work day; reporting agency is Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); legal authority is 25 TAC Chapter 97, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Texas _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Disease / Condition:** Hepatitis A _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Reporting Timeframe:** Within 1 work day _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Reporting Agency:** Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
- **Legal Authority:** 25 TAC Chapter 97
- **Reporting Method:** telephone _(per epi.utah.gov, not stated by the source above)_
- **Reporter Class:** Anyone with knowledge of a reportable disease _(per epi.utah.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> Hepatitis A 2 Within 1 work day

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Reporting Timeframe

dshs.texas.gov says reporting timeframe is **Within 1 work day**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Hepatitis A 2 Within 1 work day

Source: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf

epi.utah.gov says reporting timeframe is **Report by telephone within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Immediately notifiable—Report by telephone within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis (1-888-EPI-UTAH) Anthrax ( Bacillus anthracis ) or anthrax-like illness caused by Bacillus cereus strains that express anthrax toxin genes* Botulism ( Clostridium botulinum ), non-infant* Cholera ( Vibrio cholerae )* Cronobacter sakazakii , from normally sterile sites in infants younger than 12 months old* Coronavirus, novel—including SARS (SARS-CoV) and MERS (MERS-CoV) Diphtheria ( Corynebacterium diphtheriae )* Free-living amebae, from any human source, acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris , Naegleria fowleri Haemophilus influenzae , invasive disease Hepatitis A

Source: https://epi.utah.gov/disease-reporting/


### Reporting Agency

dshs.texas.gov says reporting agency is **Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Hepatitis A 2 Within 1 work day

Source: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf

epi.utah.gov says reporting agency is **Utah Department of Health and Human Services**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Immediately notifiable—Report by telephone within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis (1-888-EPI-UTAH) Anthrax ( Bacillus anthracis ) or anthrax-like illness caused by Bacillus cereus strains that express anthrax toxin genes* Botulism ( Clostridium botulinum ), non-infant* Cholera ( Vibrio cholerae )* Cronobacter sakazakii , from normally sterile sites in infants younger than 12 months old* Coronavirus, novel—including SARS (SARS-CoV) and MERS (MERS-CoV) Diphtheria ( Corynebacterium diphtheriae )* Free-living amebae, from any human source, acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris , Naegleria fowleri Haemophilus influenzae , invasive disease Hepatitis A

Source: https://epi.utah.gov/disease-reporting/


### Legal Authority

dshs.texas.gov says legal authority is **25 TAC Chapter 97**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Hepatitis A 2 Within 1 work day

Source: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf

epi.utah.gov says legal authority is **R386-702 Communicable Disease Rule**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Immediately notifiable—Report by telephone within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis (1-888-EPI-UTAH) Anthrax ( Bacillus anthracis ) or anthrax-like illness caused by Bacillus cereus strains that express anthrax toxin genes* Botulism ( Clostridium botulinum ), non-infant* Cholera ( Vibrio cholerae )* Cronobacter sakazakii , from normally sterile sites in infants younger than 12 months old* Coronavirus, novel—including SARS (SARS-CoV) and MERS (MERS-CoV) Diphtheria ( Corynebacterium diphtheriae )* Free-living amebae, from any human source, acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris , Naegleria fowleri Haemophilus influenzae , invasive disease Hepatitis A

Source: https://epi.utah.gov/disease-reporting/


## Source

- https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf
- https://epi.utah.gov/disease-reporting/

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-08-14.
Part of [US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition](https://referencesource.org/notifiable-disease-reporting-timeframes/).