Infectious Disease Reporting and Forms
Information and resources regarding the federally mandated reporting of all the listed infectious diseases on the Reportable Diseases List by all physicians, laboratories, and health care providers.
Changes to Infectious Disease Reporting Fax Numbers (3/16/2022, NH Health Alert Network)
NH RSA 141-C and He-P300 mandate reporting of all the listed infectious diseases on the Reportable Diseases List by all physicians, laboratories, and health care providers. The Bureau of Infectious Disease Control requests prompt reporting of suspect and confirmed cases as well as any suspected outbreaks or cluster of illness. All reports are handled under strict confidentiality standards.
State of New Hampshire Reportable Infectious Diseases List
If you are reporting one of the diseases listed below, please use the appropriate disease-specific form to report the disease. Otherwise, use the General Disease Reporting Form for all other diseases.
- Arboviral Illness Human Case
- COVID-19 Case
- HIV / AIDS
- Viral Hepatitis
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Case
How to Report an Infectious Disease
Download and complete the appropriate form for the disease you are reporting and then contact the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control:
- Phone
- By phone (8a-4:30p): 603-271-4496
- Toll Free (in NH only): 1-800-852-3345 x 4496
- After hours: 603-271-5300
- Toll Free (in NH only): 1-800-852-3345 x 5300
- Fax
- Fax reports (including HIV/AIDS) to: (603) 696-3017
Fax COVID-19 reports to: (603)-696-3154
- Fax reports (including HIV/AIDS) to: (603) 696-3017
- Mail
- NH Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health Services
Bureau of Infectious Disease Control
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6504
- NH Department of Health and Human Services
Reporting a Cluster of Illness or Exposure to Infectious Disease
A cluster of illness is a sudden increase in the occurrence of a disease at a particular time and place.
It is especially important to identify and report a cluster of illness in a group setting such as schools, offices, healthcare facilities, etc.
The Bureau of Infectious Disease Control (BIDC) will work with your facility to:
- Investigate the potential cause of illness
- Make recommendations for appropriate measures to stop the spread of disease
Public health also investigates infection control breaches in healthcare, including:
- When medications are diverted
- When individuals are potentially exposed to infectious disease
Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and Gastrointestinal Illness Reporting
- Schools
- The NH School Toolkit for Respiratory Illness and The Toolkit for Schools: Prevention and Management of Acute Viral and Bacterial Gastrointestinal Illness gives schools guidance on how to report respiratory and gastrointestinal clusters and outbreaks of illness. The toolkits also contain samples of letters to parents, posters, and links to handouts as well as information about prevention measures to stop ongoing illness.
- All schools are strongly encouraged to report student absenteeism referenced in the Respiratory Illness Toolkit. Participating schools have access to a simple and easy-to-use web-reporting tool to submit daily reports of total counts of student absenteeism and cases of ILI. This process typically takes less than 15 minutes to complete.
- Please contact the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control at (603) 271-4496 in order to participate and enroll your school.
- Health Care Facilities
- Call the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control at (603) 271-4496 to report any cluster of ARI, ILI or Gastrointestinal illness in the facility.
Public Health Laboratory Test Requisition Form
To submit a specimen for testing at the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories (NH PHL), complete a NH PHL Clinical Laboratory Test Requisition.
Submission of a specimen and a completed Clinical Laboratory Test Requisition Form to the NH PHL does not meet the obligation of a healthcare provider or laboratory to report to the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control as outlined in the Disease Reporting Guidelines.
For more information on testing at the NH PHL, visit the NH PHL web page.