# Kansas · Tetanus — US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition

For Kansas, disease / condition is Tetanus; reporting timeframe is within four hours; reporting agency is KDHE; reporter class is Mandated reporters; legal authority is K.A.R. 28-1-2, verified against its source on 2026-09-22.

- **State:** Kansas
- **Disease / Condition:** Tetanus _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Reporting Timeframe:** within four hours _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Reporting Agency:** KDHE _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Reporter Class:** Mandated reporters _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Legal Authority:** K.A.R. 28-1-2 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (a) Each person licensed to practice the healing arts or engaged in a postgraduate training program approved by the state board of healing arts, licensed dentist, licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, administrator of a hospital, licensed adult care home administrator, licensed physician assistant, licensed social worker, and teacher or school administrator shall report each suspected case of the following infectious or contagious diseases or conditions to the secretary within four hours of knowledge of the suspected case: (1) Anthrax; (2) botulism; (3) cholera; (4) diphtheria; (5) measles (rubeola); (6) meningococcal disease; (7) mumps; (8) novel influenza A virus infection; (9) plague (Yersinia pestis); (10) poliovirus; (11) rabies, human; (12) rubella; (13) severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated cor-onovirus (SARS-CoV); (14) smallpox; (15) tetanus

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Reporting Timeframe

> (a) Each person licensed to practice the healing arts or engaged in a postgraduate training program approved by the state board of healing arts, licensed dentist, licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, administrator of a hospital, licensed adult care home administrator, licensed physician assistant, licensed social worker, and teacher or school administrator shall report each suspected case of the following infectious or contagious diseases or conditions to the secretary within four hours of knowledge of the suspected case: (1) Anthrax; (2) botulism; (3) cholera; (4) diphtheria; (5) measles (rubeola); (6) meningococcal disease; (7) mumps; (8) novel influenza A virus infection; (9) plague (Yersinia pestis); (10) poliovirus; (11) rabies, human; (12) rubella; (13) severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated cor-onovirus (SARS-CoV); (14) smallpox; (15) tetanus

### Reporting Agency

> mandated reporters are required to report some notifiable diseases or conditions to KDHE by telephone within four hours of the suspected case.

### 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.

### Legal Authority

> As outlined in K.A.R. 28-1-2 , mandated reporters are required to report some notifiable diseases or conditions to KDHE by telephone within four hours of the suspected case.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-28-1-2
- https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14247/Kansas-Notifiable-Diseases-List-PDF
- https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1492/Disease-Reporting-for-Health-Professiona

Last verified: 2026-09-22. Review by: 2027-09-22.
Part of [US state notifiable disease reporting timeframes by condition](https://referencesource.org/notifiable-disease-reporting-timeframes/).