Reportable diseases are diseases or conditions listed in Iowa Code 641 Appendix A. The director of public health may also designate any disease, condition or syndrome temporarily reportable for the purpose of a special investigation. Each case of a reportable disease is required to be reported to the Iowa Department of Public Health, by the physician or other health practitioner attending any person having a reportable disease and by laboratories performing tests identifying reportable diseases. For detailed information go to
http://idph.iowa.gov/CADE/reportable-diseases
IDPH requests reporting to the local health department any like disease/condition which is unusual in incidence, occurs in unusual numbers of circumstances, or appears to be of public health concern, e.g., epidemic diarrhea, food or waterborne outbreaks, acute respiratory illness, flu-like symptoms of greater than 10% of the school district’s enrollment.
The local public health department and/or the student’s healthcare provider may be consulted on an as needed basis prior to readmission to school.
