7 AAC 27.007. Reporting by laboratories

(a) Public, private, military, hospital, or other laboratories performing serologic, immunologic, microscopic, biochemical, or cultural tests in this state or on samples obtained within this state must report evidence of human infection caused by the following agents at the time of identification or suspected identification:

(1) Bacillus anthracis;

(2) Bordetella pertussis;

(3) Borrelia burgdorferi;

(4) Brucella abortus;

(5) Campylobacter species;

(6) Chlamydia psittaci;

(7) Chlamydia trachomatis;

(8) Clostridium botulinum;

(9) Clostridium tetani;

(10) coronavirus;

(11) Corynebacterium diphtheriae;

(12) Cryptosporidium species;

(13) Cyclospora;

(14) E. coli 0157:H7;

(15) Echinococcus species;

(16) Entamoeba histolytica;

(17) Francisella tularensis;

(18) Giardia lamblia;

(19) invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae;

(20) hepatitis (A, B, or C virus);

(21) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

(22) influenza virus;

(23) Legionella pneumophila;

(24) measles virus;

(25) viral causes of meningitis;

(26) mumps virus;

(27) Mycobacterium leprae;

(28) Mycobacterium tuberculosis;

(29) Neisseria gonorrhoeae;

(30) Neisseria meningitidis;

(31) Plasmodium species;

(32) poliovirus;

(33) rabies virus;

(34) rubella virus;

(35) Salmonella species;

(36) Shigella species;

(37) Treponema pallidium;

(38) Trichinella species;

(39) Vibrio cholera;

(40) yellow fever virus;

(41) Yersinia enterocolitica or Y. pseudotuberculosis;

(42) Yersinia pestis.

(b) Reports must be submitted to the division orally, electronically, or on a form provided by the division or on a legible copy of the original laboratory report form within five working days after the examination or test is performed. Each notification must give the date and result of the test performed, the name or identification code sufficient to identify the patient to the health care provider, and, when available, the age, sex, race, and ethnicity of the person from whom the specimen was obtained and the name and address of the health care provider for whom the examination or test was performed.

(c) When acting on the basis of information received from laboratory notification, the division will not, except in instances of overriding public health considerations, contact the patient without first requesting the permission of the physician or other health care provider.

(d) Repealed 1/19/96.

(e) The following infectious agents are public health emergencies that must be reported immediately by telephone directly to a public health official in the division of public health when identified or suspected by the laboratory:

(1) Bacillus anthracis;

(2) coronavirus;

(3) Corynebacterium diphtheriae;

(4) measles virus;

(5) Neisseria meningitidis;

(6) poliovirus;

(7) rabies virus.

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 18.05.040

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