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SCHEDULE 1SLists of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms
(introduced by section 12(1))
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Part 1SNotifiable diseases
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.S.I. 2009/404, art. 2(3), sch. 3
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cholera
Clinical syndrome due to E.coli O157 infection
[F1Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)]
Diphtheria
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Measles
Meningococcal disease
[F2Monkeypox]
Mumps
Necrotizing fasciitis
Paratyphoid
Pertussis
Plague
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Rubella
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Smallpox
Tetanus
Tuberculosis (respiratory or non-respiratory)
Tularemia
Typhoid
Viral haemorrhagic fevers
West Nile fever
Yellow Fever
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (22.2.2020) by The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/51), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F2Word in sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (16.6.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/212), regs. 1(2), 2(a)
Part 2SNotifiable organisms
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 1 Pt. 2 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.S.I. 2009/404, art. 2(3), sch. 3
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Brucella genus
Campylobacter genus
[F3Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms (excluding those with intrinsic carbapenem resistance from any human specimen)]
Chlamydia psittaci
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (toxigenic strains)
Corynebacterium ulcerans
Coxiella burnetii
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Cryptosporidium
Dengue virus
Ebola virus
Echinococcus genus
Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (VTEC)
Francisella tularensis
Giardia lamblia
Guanarito virus
Haemophilus influenzae type b (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Hantavirus
Hepatitis A virus
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis E virus
Influenza virus (all types, including those caused by a new sub-type)
Junín virus
Kyasanur Forest disease virus
Lassa virus
Legionella genus
Leptospira genus
Listeria monocytogenes
Machupo virus
Marburg virus
Measles virus
[F4Monkeypox virus]
Mumps virus
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Neisseria meningitidis
Norovirus
Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus
Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale and malariae
Polio virus
Rabies virus
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rift Valley fever virus
Rubella virus
Sabia virus
Salmonella (all human types)
SARS-associated coronavirus
[F5Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)]
Shigella genus
Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus (all blood isolates)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Streptococcus pyogenes (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinella genus
Varicella-zoster virus
Variola virus
Vibrio cholerae
West Nile fever virus
Yellow Fever virus
Yersinia enterocolitica
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Textual Amendments
F3Words in sch. 1 Pt. 2 inserted (28.1.2021) by The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/408), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
F4Words in sch. 1 Pt. 2 inserted (16.6.2022 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/212), regs. 1(2), 2(b)
F5Words in sch. 1 Pt. 2 inserted (22.2.2020) by The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/51), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
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