Kansas · Leptospirosis

Reporting Timeframe

(c) Each person specified in subsection (a) shall report each case of the infectious or contagious diseases or conditions specified in this subsection to the secretary within 24 hours, except that if the reporting period ends on a weekend or state-approved holiday, the report shall be made to the secretary by 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the 24-hour period. Each report for the following shall be required only upon receipt of laboratory evidence of the infectious or contagious disease or condition, unless otherwise specified or requested by the secretary: (1) Acute flaccid myelitis (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (2) anaplasmosis; (3) arboviral disease, neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive, including California serogroup virus disease, chikungunya virus, any dengue virus infection, eastern equine encephalitis virus disease (EEE), Powassan virus disease, St. Louis encephalitis virus disease (SLE), West Nile virus disease (WNV), western equine encephalitis virus disease (WEE), and Zika virus; (4) babesiosis; (5) blood lead level, any results; (6) brucellosis, including laboratory exposures to Brucella species; (7) campylobacteriosis; (8) Candida auris; (9) carbapenem-resistant bacterial infection or colonization; (10) carbon monoxide poisoning (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (11) chancroid; (12) chickenpox (varicella) (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (13) Chlamydia trachomatis infection; (14) coccidioidomycosis; (15) cryptosporidiosis; (16) cyclosporiasis; (17) ehrlichiosis; (18) giardiasis; (19) gonorrhea, including antibiotic susceptibility testing results, if performed; (20) Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease; (21) Hansen's disease (leprosy) (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (22) hantavirus (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (23) hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal (report all suspected cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (24) hepatitis A, acute hepatitis A (IgM antibody-positive laboratory results only); (25) hepatitis B, acute, chronic, and perinatal infections; (26) hepatitis B in pregnancy (report the pregnancy of each woman with hepatitis B virus infection); (27) hepatitis B (report all positive, negative, and inconclusive results for children younger than five years of age); (28) hepatitis C; (29) hepatitis D; (30) hepatitis E; (31) histoplasmosis; (32) human immunodeficiency virus infection; (33) human immunodeficiency virus-positive cases (report either the CD4+ T-lymphocyte cell counts or the CD4+ T-lymphocyte percent of total lymphocytes); (34) human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy (report the pregnancy of each woman with human immunodeficiency virus infection); (35) human immunodeficiency virus (report viral load of any value); (36) influenza that results in the death of any child under 18 years of age (report both suspected cases and cases, regardless of laboratory evidence); (37) legionellosis; (38) leptospirosis

Reporting Agency and Legal Authority

Some diseases or conditions are required to be reported to KDHE or to your local health department within 24 hours or the next business day as required by K.A.R. 28-1-2.

Reporter Class

Mandated reporters are required to notify public health regarding patients with a suspected or confirmed reportable disease/condition, as defined by Kansas statute and regulation : K.S.A. 65-118; 65-128; and 65-6001 through 65-6007; as well as K.A.R. 28-1-2 and 28-1-18.