IFSG reporting obligation

Notes on notifications by name in accordance with the Infection Protection Act for clinically active physicians (in accordance with §6 IFSG)

(last updated on 07.11.2022)

Note:
The Infection Protection Act (IFSG) requires immediate notification by name to the responsible local health authority in certain cases. It has replaced various older legal provisions since 2001.

Among other things, the IfSG also legally regulates the obligation to report infectious diseases. The proper, complete and timely ("without delay": - the upper limit is 24 hours -) fulfillment of the reporting obligation is so central and important that the legislator has punished corresponding violations in §73 IfSG with a fine of € 2,500 to € 25,000. A range of information is required for proper reporting, which the person obliged to report (i.e. usually the physician) cannot easily obtain from the multiple cross-referenced sections 6, 8 and 9 IFSG. There are several versions of notification forms that have been developed by health authorities. In order to facilitate reporting at Hannover Medical School, we refer here to the forms designed by the Hannover Health Authority. In the appendix you will also find further information from our colleagues at the Health Department on how to complete the forms.

Registration forms of the Hanover Health Department for download

Contact person for contact with the Hannover Region Health Department.

For specialist medical questions on individual cases, the interdisciplinary infectiology consultation service within the MHH is available via the order administration. (Outside of working hours via the physicians on duty in Internal Medicine, Clinical Microbiology or Virology).

An epidemiological medical advisory service has also been available since 2009 via the Hannover Region Health Department (Tel.: -Hannover- 616-422 50 or 616- 425 84) and can also be contacted as an on-call service outside office hours via the Hannover Region Emergency Control Center (Tel.: -Hannover- 19222).

The notification should be made immediately by fax and/or by post as a "medical matter":

Postal address: Hannover Region

Health Department / OE 53.06

Weinstraße 2

30171 Hanover

Fax no.: -Hannover- 616- 485 76

(Note: MHH-external users of this site should always contact their local health authority, as the IfSG requires immediate notification to the regionally responsible health authority for all cases according to §6).

For further information, please refer to the Infection Protection Act (IFSG). The diagram below shows an organization chart of the reporting system according to the IFSG.