O. Reg. 559/91: SPECIFICATION OF REPORTABLE DISEASES, Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7
Health Protection and Promotion Act
Loi sur la protection et la promotion de la santé
ONTARIO REGULATION 559/91
Amended to O. Reg. 96/03
SPECIFICATION OF REPORTABLE DISEASES
Historical version for the period May 1, 2003 to July 27, 2006.
This Regulation is made in English only.
1. The following diseases are specified as reportable diseases for the purposes of the Act:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter enteritis
Chancroid
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Cholera
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Cytomegalovirus infection, congenital
Diphtheria
Encephalitis, including,
i. Primary, viral
ii. Post-infectious
iii. Vaccine-related
iv. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
v. Unspecified
Food poisoning, all causes
Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks
Giardiasis, except asymptomatic cases
Gonorrhoea
Group A Streptococcal disease, invasive
Group B Streptococcal disease, neonatal
Haemophilus influenzae b disease, invasive
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Hemorrhagic fevers, including,
i. Ebola virus disease
ii. Marburg virus disease
iii. Other viral causes
Hepatitis, viral,
i. Hepatitis A
ii. Hepatitis B
iii. Hepatitis C
iv. Hepatitis D (Delta hepatitis)
Herpes, neonatal
Influenza
Lassa Fever
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis, acute,
i. bacterial
ii. viral
iii. other
Meningococcal disease, invasive
Mumps
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Paratyphoid Fever
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Plague
Pneumococcal disease, invasive
Poliomyelitis, acute
Psittacosis/Ornithosis
Q Fever
Rabies
Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions
Rubella
Rubella, congenital syndrome
Salmonellosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Syphilis
Tetanus
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, including,
i. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types
ii. Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome
iii. Fatal Familial Insomnia
iv. Kuru
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator conditions, including Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
West Nile Virus Illness,
i. West Nile Virus Fever
ii. West Nile Virus Neurological Manifestations
Yellow Fever
Yersiniosis
O. Reg. 559/91, s. 1; O. Reg. 205/95, s. 1; O. Reg. 129/96, s. 1; O. Reg. 381/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 432/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 81/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 96/03, s. 1.
2. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 559/91, s. 2.