adjective
- required by law to be reported to authorities
Usage: legal; medical
Examples
- Tuberculosis is a notifiable disease in most countries.
- The doctor must report all notifiable infections to the health department.
- Food poisoning outbreaks are notifiable incidents.
- Certain workplace accidents are notifiable under safety regulations.
- The hospital failed to report a notifiable case of measles.
- All notifiable diseases must be documented within 24 hours.