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Reporting Contagious Diseases

State law requires the reporting of all communicable diseases to the local Health Department. These diseases include Chicken Pox and Scarlet Fever.

State law also requires laboratories to report findings of communicable diseases to the Health Department. These reports may require follow-up by the Public Health Nurse. For more information and a list of Communicable diseases see the Acute & Communicable Disease Case Report.

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