# Kansas — US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition

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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Disease / Condition:** Smallpox _(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 dshs.texas.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## 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 kdhe.epihotline@ks.gov 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

## 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.

> 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 kdhe.epihotline@ks.gov 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

Source: 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

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


### 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 kdhe.epihotline@ks.gov 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

Source: 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

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


### 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 kdhe.epihotline@ks.gov 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

Source: 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

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


## Source

- https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
- https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/IDCU/investigation/Reporting-forms/notifiable-conditions-2026-black-and-white.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-08-14.
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