Reporting contagious or infectious diseases, illnesses, health conditions, or unusual infectious agents or biological toxins – Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3701.23

Boards of health, health authorities or officials, health care providers in localities in which there are no health authorities or officials, and coroners and medical examiners must promptly report the existence of the following:

• Asiatic cholera;
• Yellow fever;
• Diphtheria;
• Typhus or typhoid fever;
• Other contagious or infectious diseases, illnesses, health conditions, or unusual infectious agents or biological toxins posing a risk to human fatality or disability, as specified by the public health council.  

Any information reported that is protected health information may only be released in accordance with rules governing protected health information.  Information that does not identify individuals may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form.