25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.4 - When and How to Report a Condition or Isolate
(a)
Humans.
(1) The following notifiable
conditions are public health emergencies and suspect cases must be reported
immediately by telephone to the local health authority or the appropriate
Department of State Health Services regional epidemiology office:
(A) anthrax;
(B) botulism;
(C) diphtheria;
(D) measles (rubeola);
(E) melioidosis;
(F) meningococcal infection,
invasive;
(G) novel
coronavirus;
(H) novel
influenza;
(I) poliomyelitis, acute
paralytic;
(J) plague;
(K) rabies;
(L) smallpox;
(M) tularemia;
(N) vancomycin-intermediate
Staphylococcus aureus (VISA);
(O) vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA);
(P) viral hemorrhagic fever;
(Q) yellow fever; and
(R) any outbreak, exotic disease, or unusual
group expression of disease that may be of public health
concern.
(2) The
following notifiable conditions must be reported by electronic data
transmission or telephone within one working day of identification as a
suspected case:
(A) brucellosis;
(B)
Candida auris;
(C) carbapenem resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE);
(D) hepatitis A, acute;
(E) hepatitis B, perinatal
infection;
(F) influenza-associated
pediatric mortality;
(G)
mumps;
(H) pertussis;
(I) poliovirus infection,
non-paralytic;
(J) Q
fever;
(K) rubella (including
congenital);
(L) syphilis infection
in pregnant females;
(M)
tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex);
and
(N)
Vibrio
infection (including cholera).
(3) AIDS, chancroid, Chlamydia
trachomatis infection, gonorrhea, HIV infection, and syphilis must be
reported in accordance with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)).
(4) Tuberculosis antibiotic susceptibility
results must be reported by laboratories no later than one week after they
first become available.
(5) For all
other notifiable conditions not listed in paragraphs (1) - (4) of this
subsection, reports of disease must be made no later than one week after a case
or suspected case is identified.
(A) The
preferred option for reporting is electronic data transmission, but reports may
be made by telephone or fax. Any electronic data transmission of the report
must provide protection against unauthorized disclosure and utilize a format
prescribed by the receiving agency.
(B) A health information exchange (HIE)
organization as defined by Texas Health and Safety Code §
182.151, may
transmit reports on behalf of providers required to report in §
97.2(a) - (d) of
this chapter Chapter 182, Subchapter D, Health Information Exchanges, and all
other state and federal law as follows.
(i)
The receiving agency has published message standards.
(ii) A method of secure transmission has been
established between the HIE and the receiving agency, and transmissions have
been tested with the receiving agency and established as meeting the data
exchange standards and conveying information accurately.
(iii) Reporting by the HIE has been requested
and authorized by the appropriate health care provider, practitioner,
physician, facility, clinical laboratory, or other person required to report
health-related information.
(iv)
HIE reports may be made in addition to but do not replace reports listed in
paragraphs (1) - (2) of this subsection.
(6) All diseases requiring submission of
cultures in §
97.3(a)(4) of
this chapter (relating to What Condition to Report and What Isolates to Report
or Submit) must be submitted as they become available.
(b) Animals. Reportable conditions affecting
animals must be reported within one working day following the
diagnosis.
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