Health Protection and Promotion Act
ONTARIO REGULATION 558/91
SPECIFICATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Historical version for the period August 29, 2008 to November 5, 2008.
Last amendment: O. Reg. 305/08.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1. The following diseases are specified as communicable diseases for the purposes of the Act:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter enteritis
Chancroid
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Cholera
Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD)
Cytomegalovirus infection, congenital
Diphtheria
Encephalitis, primary viral
Food poisoning, all causes
Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks
Giardiasis
Gonorrhoea
Group A Streptococcal disease, invasive
Haemophilus influenzae b disease, invasive
Hemorrhagic fevers, including,
i. Ebola virus disease
ii. Marburg virus disease
iii. Other viral causes
Hepatitis, viral,
i. Hepatitis A
ii. Hepatitis B
iii. Hepatitis D (Delta hepatitis)
iv. Hepatitis C
Influenza
Lassa Fever
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis, acute,
i. bacterial
ii. viral
iii. other
Meningococcal disease, invasive
Mumps
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Paratyphoid Fever
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Plague
Pneumococcal disease, invasive
Poliomyelitis, acute
Psittacosis/Ornithosis
Q Fever
Rabies
Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions
Rubella
Rubella, congenital syndrome
Salmonellosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Syphilis
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, including,
i. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types
ii. Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome
iii. Fatal Familial Insomnia
iv. Kuru
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infections
West Nile Virus Illness
Yellow Fever
Yersiniosis
O. Reg. 558/91, s. 1; O. Reg. 204/95, s. 1; O. Reg. 380/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 431/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 80/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 97/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 364/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 305/08, s. 1.
2. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 558/91, s. 2.
