List of notifiable conditions
This list of conditions is sourced from The Public Health Regulation 2018 (Schedule 1).
It provides a quick reference for the kind of notification required for each condition, and highlights conditions that need immediate notification to the public health units by phone or fax which should be followed up with a phone call.
Read about the types of notification requirements.
Notification resources
- A-Z list of conditions (includes links to case forms, guidelines, forms, fact sheets and other resources)
- Public Health Units contact details
- Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Clinicians (PDF, 48KB). (if faxing notification, follow up with a phone call)
- Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories (PDF, 459kB)
- Notification procedures are outlined in the guidelines.
Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions
This list mirrors the information in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Regulation, with a few small differences. The differences are referenced with an asterix for your information. In each case, follow the recommendations on this page.
Condition | Notification requirements | Immediate notification by phone or fax to the local public health unit (if faxing notification, follow up with a phone call) |
|---|---|---|
acute flaccid paralysis | clinical | telephone |
acute rheumatic fever | clinical | |
acute viral hepatitis | provisional | |
adverse event following immunisation | clinical | |
anthrax | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
arbovirus (mosquito borne) infections:
| pathological diagnosis | |
| pathological diagnosis | ||
pathological diagnosis | telephone | |
Any other arbovirus infections | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
Australian bat lyssavirus infection | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
Australian bat lyssavirus, potential exposure (bat bite, scratch or mucous membrane exposure) | clinical | telephone |
avian influenza | provisional | telephone |
botulism
| pathological diagnosis | telephone |
brucellosis | pathological diagnosis | |
campylobacteriosis | pathological diagnosis | |
chancroid | pathological diagnosis | |
chikungunya | pathological diagnosis | |
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
| pathological diagnosis | |
cholera | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
ciguatera poisoning | clinical | telephone |
coronaviruses
| clinical | |
clinical | telephone | |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | provisional | |
cryptosporidiosis | pathological diagnosis | |
dengue | provisional | telephone |
diphtheria (other than toxigenic) | provisional | |
| diphtheria (toxigenic) |
provisional pathological diagnosis | telephone |
donovanosis | pathological diagnosis | |
food or water-borne illness in 2 or more cases | clinical | telephone |
food or water-borne illness in food handler | clinical | telephone |
gonococcal infection | pathological diagnosis | |
haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) | clinical | telephone |
Haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive) disease | provisional | telephone |
Hendra virus infection | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
hepatitis A | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
hepatitis B | pathological diagnosis | |
hepatitis C | pathological diagnosis | |
hepatitis D | pathological diagnosis | |
hepatitis E | pathological diagnosis | |
hepatitis (other) | pathological diagnosis | |
human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) | pathological diagnosis | |
influenza | pathological diagnosis | |
invasive group A streptococcal infection | pathological diagnosis | |
Japanese encephalitis | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
lead exposure (notifiable) (blood lead level of 5 ug/dL (0.24 μmol/L) or more) | pathological diagnosis | |
legionellosis | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
leprosy (Hansen’s disease) | pathological diagnosis | |
leptospirosis | pathological diagnosis | |
listeriosis | pathological diagnosis | |
lyssavirus (unspecified) | pathological diagnosis | telephone* |
malaria | pathological diagnosis | |
measles | provisional | telephone |
melioidosis | pathological diagnosis | |
meningococcal disease (invasive) | provisional | telephone |
mumps | pathological diagnosis | |
Murray Valley encephalitis | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease | pathological diagnosis | |
paratyphoid | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
pertussis | clinical | |
plague | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
pneumococcal disease (invasive) | pathological diagnosis | |
poliomyelitis | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
psittacosis (ornithosis) | pathological diagnosis | |
Q fever | pathological diagnosis | |
rabies | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
| rheumatic heart disease | clinical | |
rotavirus infection | pathological diagnosis | |
rubella, including congenital rubella | pathological diagnosis | |
salmonellosis | pathological diagnosis | |
shiga toxin and vero toxin producing E.coli infection STEC/VTEC | pathological diagnosis | |
shigellosis | pathological diagnosis | |
smallpox | provisional | telephone |
syphilis, including congenital syphilis | pathological diagnosis | |
tetanus | clinical | |
tuberculosis | provisional | |
tularaemia | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
typhoid | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
varicella - zoster virus infection (chickenpox, shingles or unspecified) | pathological diagnosis | |
viral haemorrhagic fevers (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg viruses) | provisional | telephone |
yellow fever | pathological diagnosis | telephone |
yersiniosis | pathological diagnosis | |
| Zika virus |
provisional* pathological diagnosis | telephone* |
* Immediate telephone notification is requested for all lyssavirus infections (including unspecified) state-wide, as well as Zika virus infections provisionally and pathologically diagnosed in north Queensland.
Clinical and provisional diagnosis (clinicians)
Clinical diagnosis notifiable condition—diagnosed either fully or predominantly on the basis of clinical evidence, including clinical history and signs and symptoms.
Provisional diagnosis notifiable condition—can be provisionally diagnosed on the basis of clinical evidence, including clinical history and signs and symptoms; while awaiting laboratory confirmation. Sometimes early notification is required to enable prompt public health action.
Pathological diagnosis and pathology requests (pathology laboratories)
Pathological diagnosis—the condition requires notification upon pathological diagnosis.
Pathology request—notification is required when the request for diagnosis is received. Sometimes early notification is required to enable prompt public health action.
