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O. Reg. 559/91: SPECIFICATION OF REPORTABLE DISEASES
under Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7
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ONTARIO REGULATION 559/91
SPECIFICATION OF REPORTABLE DISEASES
Note: This Regulation was revoked on May 1, 2018. (See: O. Reg. 135/18, s. 3)
Last amendment: 135/18.
Legislative History: 205/95, 129/96, 381/01, 432/01, 81/03, 96/03, 365/06, 49/07, 304/08, 315/13, 135/18.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1. The following diseases are specified as reportable diseases for the purposes of the Act:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Acute Flaccid Paralysis
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter enteritis
Chancroid
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Cholera
Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD) outbreaks in public hospitals
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
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
Influenza
Lassa Fever
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis, acute,
i. bacterial
ii. viral
iii. other
Meningococcal disease, invasive
Mumps
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
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
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator conditions, including Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
West Nile Virus Illness
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; O. Reg. 365/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 304/08, s. 1; O. Reg. 315/13, s. 1.
2. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 559/91, s. 2.