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24/7 Disease Reporting

Information For Clinicians

The Communicable Disease Control Unit works around the clock to receive and respond to communicable disease reports. Physicians and health care providers, per Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, are legally required to report suspected, lab-confirmed, and clinical diagnoses of specific diseases and conditions within specified time frames to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form/ Reportable Diseases and Conditions

  • Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form List of reportable diseases and conditions, as well as timeframes for reporting, are found on page 2 of the form – Effective February 2022
  • Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form – February 2022 “What’s New?”

COVID-19 Specific Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form

  • CMR Form for Reporting COVID-19 Cases   – Updated 3/29/2022

Disease Reporting:

  • Additional Information for Medical Providers
  • Influenza Reporting
  • Frequently Requested Numbers

Reporting Forms

  • CMR Form for Reporting COVID-19 Cases    – Updated 3/29/2022
  • Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form    – Effective February 2022
  • Influenza Reporting Forms, Reference Materials, and Laboratory Guidelines

Disease Reporting Numbers

Communicable Disease Control

Urgent Reports 24/7 (General and COVID-19)
(415) 554-2830
After hours, follow instructions to page the on-call physician

Non-urgent Reports (General)
(415) 554-2830 (regular business hours)
(415) 554-2848 fax
cdcontrol@sfdph.org

Non-urgent Reports (COVID-19)
(415) 554-2830 (regular business hours)
(628) 217-7599 fax
cdcontrol@sfdph.org

25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102
Regular business hours: Mon – Fri, 8 am – 5 pm


HIV Reporting

New HIV Cases must be called in to the HIV reporting line:
Phone: (628) 217-6335


STD Reporting

Phone: (628) 217-6653
Fax: (628) 217-6603


Tuberculosis Reporting

Phone: (628) 206-8524
Fax: (628) 206-4565
After Hours: (415) 554-3613


Animal Bites (mammals only)

Phone: (415) 554-9422
Fax: (415) 864-2866
Animal Bite Report


Frequently requested numbers for reporting other diseases and occurrences (animal bites, food poisoning, and unsanitary living conditions).

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CMR Forms

Medical providers: download the Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) form to report a communicable disease

CMR Form

or download the COVID-19 CMR form to report COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths and POC testing by HCPs

COVID-19 CMR Form

Medical Provider Health Alerts

March 06, 2023

CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States

February 16, 2023

Health Alert: Xylazine Identified in Overdose Decedents

December 21, 2022

CDPH Health Advisory: Lower Barriers to Prescribing COVID-19 Therapeutics to Mitigate Impact of COVID-19

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101 Grove Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-2500

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