Reportable Environmental and Occupational Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions

Diseases reportable to the Division of Environmental Health

Report by IDSS, phone, fax, or mail

• Arsenic Poisoning
• Arsenic Case Report Form  
• Cadmium Poisoning
• Cadmium Case Report Form  
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Carbon Monoxide Case Report Form  
• Mercury Poisoning
• Mercury Case Report Form  
• Methemoglobinemia
• Methemoglobinemia Case Report Form  

Report by phone, fax, or mail using the Environmental and Occupational Report Form  

• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Non-Communicable Respiratory Illness
• Occupationally related asthma, bronchitis or respiratory hypersensitivity reaction
• Pesticide poisoning
• Severe skin disorder
• Toxic hepatitis

Report by fax or mail using the Farm Injury Report Form   OR Trauma Sites report using the Iowa Trauma Registry (See Bureau of EMS)

• Agricultural related injury

Report electronically:

• Lead poisoning (child or adult)
  If ≥ 20 µg/dL report by phone. Call the Division of Environmental Health for reporting details.

Report by phone:

• Microcystin (Blue-green algal) poisoning

Reporting to the Division of Environmental Health:

• Iowa Department of Public Health
  Division of Environmental Health
  Lucas State Office Building
  321 E. 12th Street
  Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075
  Phone (Mon-Fri 8 am-4:30 pm): 800-972-2026
  Fax: 515-281-4529
  24-hour Disease Reporting Hotline: (For use outside of EH office hours) 800-362-2736

Diseases reportable to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

Report by fax or mail using the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Report Form  

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Reporting to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services:

• Iowa Department of Public Health
  Bureau of EMS
  Lucas State Office Building
  321 E. 12th Street
  Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
  Fax: 515-281- 0488

For reporting guidelines for other reportable diseases, please see the Epi Manual

Reporting Poster:

• EH reporting poster (11x17)  
• EH reporting poster (11x8)  

Web pages for select reportable diseases:

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Lead poisoning
• Microcystin (Blue-green algal) poisoning
• Pesticide poisoning

Reportable Disease Laws:

• Iowa Admin. Code 641: Chapter 1