National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)

OMB 0920-1304

The National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) is a web-based platform used by local, state, and territorial health departments in the US to report to CDC all waterborne and foodborne disease outbreaks and enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact with environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown modes of transmission. CDC analyzes outbreak data to determine trends and develop and refine recommendations for prevention and control.

The latest form for National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) expires 2023-09-30 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Form CDC 52.14 National Outbreak Reporting System Form and Instruction
Attachment 5_Description of Documents.docx Supplementary Document
Attachment 2_Published Federal Register 0920-1304 NORS.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment 1_Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 241).pdf Supplementary Document
Supporting Statement B_NORS_09March2022.docx Supporting Statement B
Supporting Statement A_NORS_09March2022_final.docx Supporting Statement A
National Outbreak Reporting System Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202203-0920-010 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-04-04
202108-0920-012 Improperly submitted and continue	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2021-08-31
202005-0920-011 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2020-06-02