Kansas
For Kansas, disease / condition is Smallpox; 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
- Disease / Condition
- Smallpox verified
- 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 dshs.texas.gov
What the source says
877-427-7317 • For other diseases and conditions, report within 24 hours or by the next business day • Send a Kansas Reportable Disease Form and lab results to your local health department or to KDHE: • Fax 877-427-7318, or send secure, HIPAA-complaint email to [email protected] Acute flaccid myelitis Legionellosis Anthrax Leptospirosis Anaplasmosis Listeriosis Arboviral disease, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive Lyme disease (including chikungunya virus, dengue virus, La Crosse, Malaria West Nile virus, and Zika virus) Measles (rubeola) Babesiosis Meningococcal disease Blood lead levels (any results) Mumps Botulism Pertussis (whooping cough) Brucellosis Plague (Yersinia pestis) Campylobacteriosis Poliovirus Candida auris Psittacosis Carbapenem-resistant bacterial infection or colonization Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii, acute and chronic) Carbon monoxide poisoning Rabies, human Chancroid Rabies, animal Chickenpox (varicella) Rubella Chlamydia trachomatis infection Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Cholera Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coccidioidomycosis coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Cryptosporidiosis Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Cyclosporiasis Shigellosis Diphtheria Smallpox
— kdhe.ks.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14
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 — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Reporting Timeframe
kdhe.ks.gov says reporting timeframe is within 24 hours or the next business day, as of 2026-08-14.
877-427-7317 • For other diseases and conditions, report within 24 hours or by the next business day • Send a Kansas Reportable Disease Form and lab results to your local health department or to KDHE: • Fax 877-427-7318, or send secure, HIPAA-complaint email to [email protected] Acute flaccid myelitis Legionellosis Anthrax Leptospirosis Anaplasmosis Listeriosis Arboviral disease, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive Lyme disease (including chikungunya virus, dengue virus, La Crosse, Malaria West Nile virus, and Zika virus) Measles (rubeola) Babesiosis Meningococcal disease Blood lead levels (any results) Mumps Botulism Pertussis (whooping cough) Brucellosis Plague (Yersinia pestis) Campylobacteriosis Poliovirus Candida auris Psittacosis Carbapenem-resistant bacterial infection or colonization Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii, acute and chronic) Carbon monoxide poisoning Rabies, human Chancroid Rabies, animal Chickenpox (varicella) Rubella Chlamydia trachomatis infection Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Cholera Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coccidioidomycosis coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Cryptosporidiosis Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Cyclosporiasis Shigellosis Diphtheria Smallpox
https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
dshs.texas.gov says reporting timeframe is Call Immediately, as of 2026-08-14.
Smallpox 2, 4 Call Immediately
Reporting Agency
kdhe.ks.gov says reporting agency is Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), as of 2026-08-14.
877-427-7317 • For other diseases and conditions, report within 24 hours or by the next business day • Send a Kansas Reportable Disease Form and lab results to your local health department or to KDHE: • Fax 877-427-7318, or send secure, HIPAA-complaint email to [email protected] Acute flaccid myelitis Legionellosis Anthrax Leptospirosis Anaplasmosis Listeriosis Arboviral disease, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive Lyme disease (including chikungunya virus, dengue virus, La Crosse, Malaria West Nile virus, and Zika virus) Measles (rubeola) Babesiosis Meningococcal disease Blood lead levels (any results) Mumps Botulism Pertussis (whooping cough) Brucellosis Plague (Yersinia pestis) Campylobacteriosis Poliovirus Candida auris Psittacosis Carbapenem-resistant bacterial infection or colonization Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii, acute and chronic) Carbon monoxide poisoning Rabies, human Chancroid Rabies, animal Chickenpox (varicella) Rubella Chlamydia trachomatis infection Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Cholera Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coccidioidomycosis coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Cryptosporidiosis Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Cyclosporiasis Shigellosis Diphtheria Smallpox
https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
dshs.texas.gov says reporting agency is Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), as of 2026-08-14.
Smallpox 2, 4 Call Immediately
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.
877-427-7317 • For other diseases and conditions, report within 24 hours or by the next business day • Send a Kansas Reportable Disease Form and lab results to your local health department or to KDHE: • Fax 877-427-7318, or send secure, HIPAA-complaint email to [email protected] Acute flaccid myelitis Legionellosis Anthrax Leptospirosis Anaplasmosis Listeriosis Arboviral disease, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive Lyme disease (including chikungunya virus, dengue virus, La Crosse, Malaria West Nile virus, and Zika virus) Measles (rubeola) Babesiosis Meningococcal disease Blood lead levels (any results) Mumps Botulism Pertussis (whooping cough) Brucellosis Plague (Yersinia pestis) Campylobacteriosis Poliovirus Candida auris Psittacosis Carbapenem-resistant bacterial infection or colonization Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii, acute and chronic) Carbon monoxide poisoning Rabies, human Chancroid Rabies, animal Chickenpox (varicella) Rubella Chlamydia trachomatis infection Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Cholera Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coccidioidomycosis coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Cryptosporidiosis Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Cyclosporiasis Shigellosis Diphtheria Smallpox
https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
dshs.texas.gov says legal authority is 25 TAC Chapter 97, as of 2026-08-14.
Smallpox 2, 4 Call Immediately
Sources
- kdhe.ks.govhttps://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
- dshs.texas.govhttps://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf