State Rabies Consultation Contacts
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Alabama
24/7
1-800-3388-EPI
Alaska
Website: http://www.epi.alaska.gov/id/rabies/default.htm
Business Hours
907-269-8000
After hours
800-478-0084
Arizona
County health departments in Arizona can also be contacted for assistance with rabies exposure risk assessments. Please visit the following Arizona Department of Health Services website for more information on obtaining assistance with rabies exposure risk assessments:
http://azdhs.gov/phs/oids/vector/rabies/rabies_prevention.htm
Business Hours
602-364-4562
After hours
602-364-4562
Arkansas
501-280-4136
Afterhours
800-633-1735
California
Please contact the 
local health department [PDF 28 KB] first to discuss the exposure situation, arrange for capture and observation of the biting animal, or arrange for testing the animal for rabies. For more information about rabies in CA, please visit: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Pages/rabies.aspx
Colorado
303-692-2700
After hours
303-370-9395
Connecticut
860-509-7994
After hours
860-509-8000
Delaware
866-972-9705
District of Columbia
202-671-5000
Florida
850-294-1087
Georgia
Please go to our Zoonotic Diseases Website for current updates, risk assessment resources, and contact info: http://health.state.ga.us/epi/zvbd/zoonotic/index.asp
GA Poison Center: 1-800-222-1222
Hawaii
For rabies call (808) 586-4586 day or night, ask for the duty officer.
Idaho
Contact local health district. After hours state health department at 800-632-8000.
Illinois
Please contact your local health department first for exposure consultation. If the local health department can not be reached contact the state health department at the numbers below.
217-782-2016
After hours
1-800-782-7860
Indiana
7:30 - 4:00 Monday Friday
317-233-7272
After hours
317-233-1325
Iowa
800-362-2736
After hours
515-323-4360
Kansas
877-427-7317
Kentucy
502-564-3418
After hours
888-9REPORT
Louisiana
800-256-2748
Maine
1-800-821-5821
Maryland
410-767-5649
After hours
410-767-6700
Massachusetts
617-983-6800
Michigan
517-335-8165
After hours
517-335-9030
Minnesota
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/rabies/vaccine.html
1-877-676-5414
Mississippi
601-576-7725
After hours
601-576-7400
Missouri
573-751-6113
Toll Free: 866-628-9891
Montana
406-444-0273
Nebraska
402-471-1372
After hours
402-471-2937
Nevada
775-684-5911
New Hampshire
During normal business hours please call: 603-271-4496 or 800-852-3345 ext 4496 for assistance
After hours
603-271-5300 or 800-852-3345 ext 5300
New Jersey
Please contact the local health department during normal business hours. For more information about rabies in New Jersey, please visit: http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/faq/rabies.pdf
For after hour emergencies, please call: 609-392-2020.
New Mexico
Ask for the Epidemiologist on call at 505-827-0006.
New York
Please contact the local health department first.
New York City
212-788-9830 or 212-788-4160
After hours
212-764-7667
North Carolina
Always contact the local health dept. first If there is no available contact information, then call 911 for day & after hours information.
Regular Business hours (8 am -5 pm)
919-733-3410, ask for the rabies person-on-call
After hours
919-733-3419 option 1
North Dakota
701-328-2378 or 1-800-472-2180
Ohio
Medical providers should first attempt to consult with their LHD on exposure risk assessments.
For ODH: 614 752-1029, Option 2,
After hours
614 722-7221
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/dis/zoonoses/rabies/rab1.aspx
Oklahoma
405-271-4060
Oregon
Please contact the county health department first.
State contact for physicians at 971-673-1111.
Pennsylvania
24/7: 1-877-PA-HEALTH
1-717-787-3350 (out-of-state 24/7)
Puerto Rico
787-274-7801
Rhode Island
401-222-2577
After hours
401-272-5952
South Carolina
1-888-847-0902
South Dakota
605-773-3737
Tennessee
615-741-7247
Texas
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/contact/
1-888-963-7111
Utah
1-888-EPI-UTAH
Vermont
802-863-7240
Virginia
Providers should call their local public health departments about potential exposures.
Local health department business hour contact information can be found at: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/lhd/
After business hours and on weekends, providers should call 866-531-3068 and ask for local public health after hours contact information.
Washington
Please contact the local health department first to discuss the exposure situation, arrange for capture and observation of the biting animal, or arrange for testing the animal for rabies.
State Department of Health 24/7 phone number: 1-877-539-4344
West Virginia
Contact information is available at the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health - Infectious Disease Epidemiology program page
304-558-5358
Wisconsin
608-266-2154
After hours
608-258-0099
Wyoming
During business hours
877-996-9000
After hours
888-996-9104
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