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Infectious Disease Reporting and Regulations for Health Care Providers and Laboratories

State public health officials rely on local boards of health, healthcare providers, laboratories and other public health personnel to report the occurrence of notifiable diseases as required by law.  Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 111, sections 3, 6, 7, 109, 110, 111 and 112 and Chapter 111D, Section 6. These laws are implemented by regulation under Chapter 105, Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR), Section 300.000: Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation & Quarantine Requirements.

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Regulations and summary of recent amendments (2017)

Summary of Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements (includes disease-specific isolation and quarantine requirements) 2017 (RTF 123.15 KB)
Summary of Significant Amendments to 105 CMR 300.000: Reportable Diseases, Surveillance and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements (RTF 39.09 KB)

Diseases reportable to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and local boards of health

List of Diseases Reportable by Healthcare Providers (DOCX 122.94 KB)
List of Diseases Reportable by Laboratories (DOCX 109.61 KB)
Discontinuation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test Reporting via Fax (DOCX 35.64 KB)

MDPH no longer requires providers report rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT) results and has discontinued the use of the RIDT form.

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