According to the Ohio Administrative Code 3701-3-03, the following rules apply to reporting:
(A) The physician in attendance of a case or suspect case of a disease which is required by law to be reported, including all "class A", "class B", and "class C" categories of disease designated as reportable under rule 3701-3-02 of the Administrative Code, shall submit a case report to the board of health of the health district in which the patient resides.
(B) A person in charge of a hospital, clinic, or other institution providing care or treatment, having knowledge of a reportable disease case or suspect case, shall submit a case report to the board of health unless there is evidence that the case has already been reported.
(C) Any individual having knowledge of a person suffering from a disease suspected of being communicable is authorized to report to the board of health all known facts relating to the case or incident.
Additional information regarding the Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 3703-3, Communicable Diseases and Ailments can be obtained at the Ohio Department of Health.