Volume 18, Issue 9



STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulation filed by the State Board of Health is exempt from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4002 A 25 of the Code of Virginia, which exempts the State Board of Health in promulgating the list of diseases that shall be reported to the Department of Health pursuant to § 32.1-35 of the Code of Virginia.

Title of Regulation: 12 VAC 5-90. Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (amending 12 VAC 5-90-80.)

Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-35 of the Code of Virginia.

Effective Date: December 18, 2001.

Summary:

The amendments add certain diseases and conditions to the list of diseases that medical care providers and laboratories must report to the health department. The diseases being added are Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in persons under 55 years of age, chronic hepatitis B infection in pregnant women, chronic hepatitis C infection, Q fever, smallpox, invasive pneumococcal disease in young children, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fever, and any unusual occurrence of disease of public health concern.

Agency Contact: Doug Harris, State Board of Health, 1500 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 786-3554.

12 VAC 5-90-80. Reportable disease list.

A. The board declares the following named diseases, toxic effects, and conditions to be reportable by the persons enumerated in 12 VAC 5-90-90. Conditions identified by an asterisk (*) require rapid communication as defined in subsection B of this section:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Amebiasis

*Anthrax

Arboviral infections (e.g., EEE, LAC, SLE, WNV)

*Botulism

Brucellosis

Campylobacter infection

Chancroid

Chickenpox

Chlamydia trachomatis infections

*Cholera

Creutzfeld-Jakob disease if ................
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