Communicable Disease

We work to protect the health of the public by providing investigation, surveillance, and prevention activities to control communicable diseases. The health department tracks communicable diseases to ensure the safety of the community by seeking to prevent disease outbreaks. Disease prevention and control is a cooperative effort involving health care providers, local and state health departments, and members of the community.

Diseases that the health department tracks are called "reportable." All physicians, health care providers, and laboratory personnel are required by law to submit reportable disease information to the health department.