Communicable Diseases:

Our Mission:
Our mission is to protect the public's health by preventing avoidable illness, injury, disability, and premature death, while protecting our environment and promoting healthy lifestyles.

Disease Reporting

The core role of the Lake County Health Department is to protect the health of the general public. The HD does this by following up on reported cases of infectious diseases and disease outbreaks, by offering immunizations and by being an information resource to the public and medical community.

What diseases are Montana Health Departments mandated to follow up on?

• Montana List of Reportable Diseases
• Who are mandated by law to report cases of Reportable Diseases?
   

How to report:

To report suspected or confirmed infectious disease cases to the Lake County Health Department call 883 -7288 or (888)445-3269. After hours, if follow-up should not wait until the next working day, you may call 911, and ask that the Public Health/Tribal Health on-call person be paged, and that person will call you back.

Food borne illness:

If you suspect a food-borne illness from a public location or event, please call 883-SICK(7425) Monday through Friday during normal business hours. After hours, if follow-up should not wait until the next working day, you may call 911, and ask that the Public Health/Tribal Health on-call person be paged, and that person will call you back.

Privacy:

What about privacy?
How is sensitive information about cases protected?

Disease information:

For information about a specific infectious disease, please visit the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website.