Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

SCHEDULE 1 S Lists of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms

(introduced by section 12(1))

Part 1 S Notifiable diseases

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 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

• [F1 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)]

• Diphtheria

• Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)

• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

• Measles

• Meningococcal disease

• 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

F1 Words 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)

Part 2 S Notifiable organisms

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 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

• [F2 Carbapenemase-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

• 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

• [F3 Severe 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

F2 Words 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)

F3 Words 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)