Reportable Environmental & Occupational Diseases, Poisonings & Conditions

Iowa Administrative Code 641 Chapter 1 PDF identifies diseases, poisonings and conditions, and incidents that are to be reported to the Iowa Department of Public Health. This page provides information and resources for the Reportable Poisonings and Conditions listed in Appendix B of IAC 641 Chapter 1.

Additional information on these conditions and other reportable conditions are available in the Epi Manual

Diseases reportable to the Bureau of Environmental Health Services

Posters listing the required reportable conditions may be downloaded:

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

Reporting to the Bureau of Environmental Health Services:

Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Environmental Health Services
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

Report by IDSS, phone, fax, or mail using the condition specific report forms

• Arsenic Poisoning (Arsenic Case Report Form PDF)
• Cadmium Poisoning (Cadmium Case Report Form PDF)
• Carbon monoxide Poisoning (Carbon Monoxide Case Report Form PDF)
• Mercury Poisoning (Mercury Case Report Form PDF)
• Methemoglobinemia (Methemoglobinemia Case Report Form PDF)

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

• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Non-Communicable Respiratory Illness
  • Asbestosis
  • Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
  • Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome
  • Silicosis
  • Silo Filler's Disease
• 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 PDF

• Agricultural related injury
• Trauma Care Facilities utilizing the Iowa Trauma Registry should indicate that the incident occurred on a farm or involved agriculture within the Trauma Registry record (See Bureau of Emergency and Trauma Services)

Report electronically:

• Lead poisoning (child or adult) - The results of all blood-lead testing done on both adults and children must be reported to the Bureau of Environmental Health Services at the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Report by phone:

• Microcystin (Blue-green algal) poisoning
• All blood lead test results greater than or equal to 20 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) in a child under the age of 6 years or a pregnant woman must be reported daily, followed by routine electronic reporting.

Report Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries through the Iowa Trauma Registry.

Web pages for select reportable diseases:

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

IDPH Programs that handle other Reportable Diseases and Conditions:

• Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology
• Bureau of Emergency and Trauma Services