NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS IN TEXAS
The Texas Administrative and Health & Safety Codes require hospitals, other health care providers, laboratories, and
schools to report confirmed or suspected cases of various conditions shown below to public health authorities.
Persons employed in child care facilities, nursing homes, home health agencies, and food-handling establishments
are also encouraged to report. Furthermore, any unusual disease cluster or condition of public health concern should
be reported. Reports received by the epidemiologist for Orange, Hardin, Chambers and North Jefferson counties are
investigated as appropriate. Information on confirmed cases is reported to Texas Department of Health as required.
Statistics are tabulated from the reports to allow for detection of public health problems and provisions of preventive
measures as necessary.
WHAT TO REPORT:
Name, Birth, Date, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, Address, Telephone Number, Disease/Condition,
Onset date, Health Care Provider, and Method of Diagnosis. (See reverse side)
REPORT THE FOLLOWING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY TELEPHONE* (See note below)
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Anthrax
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H. Influenzae type b infection, invasive |
Rabies |
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Botulism |
Menengococcal Infection, invasive |
Smallpox |
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Diptheria |
Pertussis |
Viral hemorrhagic fevers |
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Measles |
Plague |
West Nile Virus |
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Poliomyelitis, acute paralytic |
Yellow Fever |
REPORT THE FOLLOWING WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY:
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Brucellosis |
Q Fever
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Tuberculosis |
Vibrio infection |
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Hepatitis A |
Rubella |
Tularemia |
(including Cholera) |
REPORT CONDITIONS SHOWN BELOW WITHIN ONE WEEK:
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AIDS**
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Encephalitis |
Mumps |
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Amebiasis |
Escherichia coli, |
Pesticide Poisoning |
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Asbestosis |
Gonorrhea**
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Relapsing Fever |
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Campylobacteriosis |
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) |
Salmonellosis |
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Chancroid** |
Hantavirus infection |
Shigellosis |
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Chickenpox |
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
Silicosis |
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Chlamydia |
Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E |
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease |
Unspecified and Acute |
Streptococcal Disease: Group A, |
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Cryptosporidiosos |
HIV** |
Group B or pneumococcal |
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Cyclosporiasis |
Legionellosis |
Syphilis** |
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Dengue |
Listeriosis |
Tetanus |
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Drowning/near drowning |
Lyme Disease |
Trichinosis |
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Elevated Blood Lead |
Malaria |
Typhus |
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Ehrlichiosis |
Meningitis (specify etiology) |
Yersiniosis |
*Reports of this group of diseases may be made 24 hours a day/7 days a week to 409-839-4208
**Report AIDS, Chancroid, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV and Syphilis as follows:
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Beaumont Health Department |
Orange County H.D. |
Chambers County H.D. |
Hardin County H.D. |
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DIS |
UTMB Clinic |
PO Box 670 |
PO Box 820 |
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950 Washington Blvd. |
PO Box 309 |
1204 Stowell St. |
440 Monroe |
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Beaumont, Texas 77705 |
2014 N. 10th St. |
Anahuac, Texas 77514 |
Kountze, Texas 77625 |
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Phone 409-832-4000 |
Orange, Texas 77630 |
Phone 409-267-8356 |
Phone 409-246-5188 |
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Fax
409-835-7823 |
Phone
409-883-6119 |
Fax
409-267-4276 |
Fax 409-246-4373 |
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Fax 409-886-4715 |
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About Beaumont |
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Almost half a million people call the greater
Beaumont area home. Beaumont, with a population of
114,000, is the region's largest city and the seat of
Jefferson County. Jefferson County, Hardin County, and
Orange County are home to 385,090 residents.
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