7 AAC 27.005. Reporting by health care providers

(a) A health care provider who prescribes for or attends a person with one or more of the following infections or diseases must report any of the following infections or diseases of public health significance, if diagnosed or suspected by the health care provider:

(1) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS);

(2) amebiasis;

(3) anthrax;

(4) botulism;

(5) brucellosis;

(6) campylobacteriosis;

(7) chlamydia;

(8) cholera;

(9) cryptosporidium;

(10) cyclospora;

(11) diphtheria;

(12) echinococcus;

(13) E. coli 0157:H7;

(14) giardiasis;

(15) gonorrhea;

(16) Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease;

(17) hepatitis (type A, B, or C);

(18) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

(19) legionellosis;

(20) leprosy;

(21) Lyme disease;

(22) malaria;

(23) meningococcal invasive disease;

(24) mumps;

(25) paralytic shellfish poisoning;

(26) pertussis;

(27) poliomyelitis;

(28) plague;

(29) psittacosis;

(30) rabies;

(31) Reye syndrome;

(32) rheumatic fever;

(33) rubella;

(34) rubeola;

(35) salmonellosis;

(36) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS);

(37) shigellosis;

(38) syphilis;

(39) tetanus;

(40) trichinosis;

(41) tuberculosis;

(42) tularemia;

(43) typhoid fever;

(44) yellow fever;

(45) yersiniosis;

(46) severe reactions to a vaccination;

(47) epidemic outbreaks;

(48) an unusual incidence of infectious disease.

(b) The following infections or diseases are public health emergencies that must be immediately reported by the telephone directly to a public health official in the division of public health in the department when first diagnosed or suspected by the health care provider:

(1) anthrax;

(2) botulism;

(3) diphtheria;

(4) meningococcal invasive disease;

(5) paralytic shellfish poisoning;

(6) poliomyelitis;

(7) rabies;

(8) rubella;

(9) rubeola;

(10) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

(11) tetanus.

(c) Except for an infection or a disease listed in (b) of this section, the health care provider must submit a report to the division orally, electronically, or on a form provided by the division within five working days after first discovering or suspecting the existence of the infectious disease or disease outbreak. Each report must give the name, address, age, sex, ethnicity, and race of the person diagnosed as having the reported infection or disease and the name and address of the health care provider reporting the infection or disease.

(d) Outbreaks or unusual incidences of diseases that are known or suspected to be related to exposure to environmental toxic or hazardous material must be reported by the physician, nurse, or other health care professional who prescribes for or attends those affected.

History: Eff. 8/21/74, Register 51; am 9/20/75, Register 55; am 3/28/84, Register 89; am 1/19/96, Register 137; am 2/10/99, Register 149; am 5/30/2003, Register 166; am 8/22/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 18.05.010

AS 18.05.040

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