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CD Resources & Forms
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This page provides a listing of commonly used communicable disease reporting forms, laboratory requisition forms, guidance documents and rules and regulations. Information for specific communicable diseases can be found under the disease specific Communicable Diseases (A-Z) listing. If you would like to suggest a form to be added to this page or find problems with the links to the forms, please let us know through the Contact Us area of the website.
Reporting Forms
- CDC 52.14 Fillable NORS Reporting Form for Foodborne, Person-to-Person, Animal, and Waterborne Outbreaks
- CDC 52.14 NORS Appendix E
- CDC NORS Reporting Guidance
- CDC 52.13 NORS Reporting Tips (MDHHS) (May 2017)
- MDARD: Form A
- MDARD: Form C1
- MDARD: Form C2
- MDARD: Michigan Gastrointestinal Illness Form
- MDARD: Termination Form (Enteric Illness Outbreak Investigation)
- MDHHS: DCH 0568 Clinical Specimen Shipping Units Requisition
- MDHHS: DCH 0684: Virology/Serology Test Requisition Form
- MDHHS: DCH 1052 Multiple Patient/Sample - Same Test - Requisition Form
- MDHHS: Cluster and Facility Outbreak Notification Report Form - Fillable PDF (January 2019)
- MDHHS: Tip Sheet - MDSS Aggregate Case Reporting for LHDs (Updated March 2026)
- MDHHS: Tip Sheet - Communicable Disease Outbreak Definitions and Reporting (March 2024)
- MDHHS: Weekly School Reporting Form
- MDHHS: Environmental Chain of Custody Form
Investigation Guidelines
- CDC: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO) Guidelines
- CDC:Raw Milk Letter
- MDARD: Unconfirmed Gastrointestinal Illness Complaint Investigation Protocol
- MDHHS: Bureau of Laboratories - Laboratory Services Guide
- MDHHS: Bureau of Laboratories Specimen Submission Guidelines
- MDHHS: Bureau of Laboratories - Reducing the Risk of Salmonella Infections Associated with Laboratory Exposure (Released September 2014))
- CDC: Laboratory Associated Infection (LAI) Prevention Poster
- MDHHS: Chemical Illness Response: Guidelines for Public Health Investigations of Acute Onset Illness Clusters of Chemical Etiology
- MDHHS: Reportable Disease Notification Pyramid (Updated March 2024)
- MDHHS: Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) Investigation Guidelines
- MDHHS: Monitoring Contacts Using OMS (Updated August 2025)
- MDHHS: Recommended Lab Tests for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs)
- MDHHS: Food Sample Collection Tips (Revised December 2020)
- MDHHS: Foodborne Specimen Flowchart (Revised March 2023)
- MDHHS: Foodborne Illness Interview Toolkit (Created November 2025)
- MDHHS: Specimen Collection Supply Tip Sheet (Created March 2023)
- MDHHS: Guidance on Disease Reporting in State Correctional Facilities (October 2013)
- MDHHS: General School Reporting Letter
- MDHHS: VPD Group Setting Exclusion Letter (March 2013)
- MDHHS: When to Keep Your Child Home Letter (December 2022)
- MDHS/MDHHS: Communicable Diseases in Child Care Settings (November 2022)
- MDE/MDHHS: Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools (September 2025)
- Pink Book: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Red Book: American Academy of Pediatrics
Rules and Regulations
- MAG: Public Health Law Bench Book for Michigan Courts
- MDARD: Food Employee Foodborne Illness Guidelines
- MDHHS: Communicable and Related Diseases Rules (Effective Dec. 23, 2014)
- MDHHS: Disclosure of Protected Health Information for Disease Prevention and Control (letter)
- MDHHS: HIPAA Information
- MDHHS: Reportable Diseases in Michigan - By Condition
- MDHHS: Reportable Diseases in Michigan - By Pathogen
- MDHHS: Letter Summarizing Changes of CD Rules Effective 10/2/2009
- MDHHS: Summary of Authority and Actions Under Public Health Code Regarding Public Health Emergencies
- 2013 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2014 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2015 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2016 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2017 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2018 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2019 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2020 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2022 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2023 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2024 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2025 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- 2026 Changes to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2020
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2021
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2023
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2024
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2025
- Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes: 2026