# Kansas — US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition

For Kansas, disease / condition is Poliovirus; reporting timeframe is within 24 hours or the next business day; reporting agency is Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE); legal authority is K.S.A. 65-118; K.A.R. 28-1-2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Kansas _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Disease / Condition:** Poliovirus _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Reporting Timeframe:** within 24 hours or the next business day
- **Reporting Agency:** Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
- **Legal Authority:** K.S.A. 65-118; K.A.R. 28-1-2
- **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

> Poliovirus

## 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

kdhe.ks.gov says reporting timeframe is **within 24 hours or the next business day**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Poliovirus

Source: https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF

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

> Utah Law requires that certain diseases and conditions must be reported to Utah public health. Some diseases must be reported by telephone to 1-888-EPI-UTAH within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis, while others must be reported within 3 working days of identification. 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 Influenza infection, non-seasonal strain Measles (Rubeola virus)* Melioidosis ( Burkholderia pseudomallei ) Meningococcal disease ( Neisseria meningitidis ), invasive* Plague ( Yersinia pestis )* Poliovirus

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


### Reporting Agency

kdhe.ks.gov says reporting agency is **Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Poliovirus

Source: https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF

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

> Utah Law requires that certain diseases and conditions must be reported to Utah public health. Some diseases must be reported by telephone to 1-888-EPI-UTAH within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis, while others must be reported within 3 working days of identification. 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 Influenza infection, non-seasonal strain Measles (Rubeola virus)* Melioidosis ( Burkholderia pseudomallei ) Meningococcal disease ( Neisseria meningitidis ), invasive* Plague ( Yersinia pestis )* Poliovirus

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


### Legal Authority

kdhe.ks.gov says legal authority is **K.S.A. 65-118; K.A.R. 28-1-2**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Poliovirus

Source: https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF

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

> Utah Law requires that certain diseases and conditions must be reported to Utah public health. Some diseases must be reported by telephone to 1-888-EPI-UTAH within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis, while others must be reported within 3 working days of identification. 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 Influenza infection, non-seasonal strain Measles (Rubeola virus)* Melioidosis ( Burkholderia pseudomallei ) Meningococcal disease ( Neisseria meningitidis ), invasive* Plague ( Yersinia pestis )* Poliovirus

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


## Source

- https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-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/).