Volume 19, Issue 18
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Title of Regulation: 12 VAC 5-90. Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (amending 12 VAC 5-90-80).
Statutory Authority: § 32.1-35 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Dates: April 24, 2003, through April 23, 2004.
Preamble:
This emergency regulation is necessary due to an imminent threat to public health. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new communicable disease that has affected more than 3,000 people worldwide, with 200 suspected cases in the United States, including six in Virginia. Each case needs to immediately come to the attention of the health department to ensure that measures are put in place to prevent the spread of this disease to others.
The Asian and Canadian experiences have demonstrated that if a person with SARS is not properly isolated, dozens of others can become ill and hundreds may need to have restrictions placed on their usual activities. SARS can cause serious and life-threatening disease. The emergency action amends 12 VAC 5-90-80, the reportable disease list from the Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control, to add severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to the list, thereby making this a reportable condition in Virginia and allowing the Virginia Department of Health to track and respond to SARS cases.
The condition has similarly been added to the list of diseases requiring rapid reporting so that the department will be in a position to respond as quickly as possible to prevent illness due to SARS. The reportable disease list is the mechanism used by the Virginia Department of Health to gather information about conditions affecting the health of citizens of the Commonwealth.
This regulatory action will position the department to monitor the occurrence of SARS in Virginia and ensure that measures are taken to protect the health of those with the illness and their close contacts.
Agency Contact: Diane Woolard, Director, Division of Surveillance and Investigation, Department of Health, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 113, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 786-6615, e-mail dwoolard@vdh.state.va.us.
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 < 55 years of age
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
*Diphtheria
Ehrlichiosis
Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohemorrhagic E. coli infections
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Granuloma inguinale
*Haemophilus influenzae infection, invasive
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
*Hepatitis A (lgM +)
Hepatitis B:
Acute disease (lgM +)
HBsAg positive pregnant women
Hepatitis C (acute and chronic)
Hepatitis, other acute viral
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Influenza
Kawasaki syndrome
Lead-elevated blood levels
Legionellosis
Leprosy (Hansen disease)
Listeriosis
Lyme disease
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Malaria
*Measles (Rubeola)
*Meningococcal infection
Mumps
Ophthalmia neonatorum
*Outbreaks, all (including foodborne, nosocomial, occupational, toxic substance-related, waterborne, and other outbreaks)
*Pertussis (Whooping cough)
*Plague
*Poliomyelitis
*Psittacosis
Q fever
*Rabies, human and animal
Rabies treatment, post-exposure
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rubella (German measles), including congenital rubella syndrome
Salmonellosis
*Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Streptococcal disease, Group A, invasive
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive in ................
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