Section 410IAC1-2.5-75. Reporting requirements for physicians and hospital administrators  


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  •    (a) It shall be the duty of each:

    (1) physician licensed under IC 25-22.5; and

    (2) administrator of a hospital licensed under IC 16-21, or the administrator's representative;

    to report all cases and suspected cases of the diseases listed in subsection (d). Reporting of specimen results by a laboratory to health officials does not nullify the physician's or administrator's obligations to report the case.

      (b) Except for HIV infection/disease, the report required by subsection (a) shall be made to the local health officer in whose jurisdiction the patient normally resides or, in the absence of such information, in whose jurisdiction the patient was examined at the time the diagnosis was made or suspected. If the patient is a resident of a different jurisdiction, the local health jurisdiction receiving the report shall forward the report to the local health jurisdiction where the patient resides. If the patient is not a resident of Indiana, the report shall be forwarded to the department. If a person who is required to report is unable to make a report to the local health officer within the time mandated by this rule, a report shall be made directly to the department within the time mandated by this rule. The report for HIV infection/disease shall be made directly to the department in accordance with IC 16-41-2-3.

      (c) Any reports of diseases required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

    (1) The patient's:

    (A) full name;

    (B) street address;

    (C) city;

    (D) zip code;

    (E) county of residence;

    (F) telephone number;

    (G) date of birth or age if date of birth is not available;

    (H) sex; and

    (I) race and ethnicity, if available.

    (2) The date of onset.

    (3) The diagnosis.

    (4) Definitive diagnostic test results, for example:

    (A) culture;

    (B) IgM;

    (C) liver enzyme levels;

    (D) serology;

    (E) Western blot;

    (F) interferon gamma release assay;

    (G) NAAT; or

    (H) tuberculin skin test.

    (5) The:

    (A) name;

    (B) address; and

    (C) telephone number;

    of the attending physician.

    (6) Other epidemiologically necessary information requested by the:

    (A) local health officer;

    (B) state designated districts; or

    (C) commissioner.

    (7) Persons who are tested anonymously at a counseling and testing site cannot be reported using personal identifiers. Rather, they are to be reported using a numeric identifier code. The following shall also be reported:

    (A) Age.

    (B) Race.

    (C) Sex.

    (D) Risk factors.

    (E) County of residence.

    (8) The:

    (A) name;

    (B) address; and

    (C) telephone number;

    of the person completing report.

      (d) The dangerous communicable diseases and conditions described in this subsection shall be reported within the time specified. Diseases or conditions that are to be reported immediately shall be reported by telephone or other instantaneous means of communication on first knowledge or suspicion of the diagnosis. Diseases that are to be reported within twenty-four (24) hours, seventy-two (72) hours, or five (5) business days shall be reported within twenty-four (24) hours, seventy-two (72) hours, or five (5) business days of first knowledge or suspicion of the diagnosis by telephone, electronic data transfer, other confidential means of communication, or official report forms furnished by the department. During evening, weekend, and holiday hours, those required to report to the local health department should report diseases required to be immediately reported to the after-hours duty officer at the local health department. HIV infection/disease required to be reported to the department during evening, weekend, and holiday hours should be reported immediately to the after-hours duty officer at the department at (317) 233-1325. If unable to contact the after-hours duty officer locally, or one has not been designated locally, those required to report shall file their reports with the after-hours duty officer at the department at (317) 233-1325.

    DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

    Disease

    When to Report (from probable diagnosis)

    Disease Intervention Methods (section of this rule)

    Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

    See HIV Infection/Disease

    Sec. 109

    Anaplasmosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 96

    Animal bites

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 80

    Anthrax

    Immediately

    Sec. 81

    Arboviral disease (non-neuroinvasive or neuroinvasive) (including, but not limited to, dengue, chikungunya, EEE, Japanese encephalitis, La Crosse/California serogroup viruses, Powassan, SLE, WEE, and West Nile virus)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Babesiosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 83

    Botulism

    Immediately

    Sec. 84

    Brucellosis

    Immediately

    Sec. 85

    Campylobacteriosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 86

    Carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 87

    Chancroid

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 88

    Chikungunya virus

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Chlamydia trachomatis, genital infection

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 89

    Cholera

    Immediately

    Sec. 90

    Coccidioidomycosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 91

    Cryptosporidiosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 92

    Cyclosporiasis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 93

    Cysticercosis (Neurocysticercosis)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 94

    Diphtheria

    Immediately

    Sec. 95

    Dengue

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Ehrlichiosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 96

    Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection (Shiga toxin-producing (STEC)), including, but not limited to, E. coli 0157, E. coli 0157:H7, non-0157 E. coli, and Shiga toxin detected

    Immediately

    Sec. 97

    Giardiasis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 98

    Gonorrhea

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 99

    Granuloma inguinale

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 100

    Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing*

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 101

    Hansen's disease (leprosy)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 102

    Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

    Immediately

    Sec. 103

    Hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal

    Immediately

    Sec. 97

    Hepatitis, viral, type A

    Immediately

    Sec. 104

    Hepatitis, viral, type B

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 105

    Hepatitis, viral, type B, pregnant woman (acute and chronic), or perinatally exposed infant

    Immediately (when discovered at or close to time of birth)

    Sec. 105

    Hepatitis, viral, type C (acute)

    Within five (5) business days

    Sec. 106

    Hepatitis, viral, type delta

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 105

    Hepatitis, viral, type E

    Immediately

    Sec. 107

    Hepatitis, viral, unspecified

    Within 72 hours

     

    Histoplasma capsulatum

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 108

    HIV infection/disease

    Within 72 hours after informing patient or if patient does not return for test results

    Sec. 109

    HIV infection/disease, pregnant woman, or perinatally exposed infant

    Immediately (when discovered at or close to time of birth)

    Sec. 109

    Influenza-associated death

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 110

    Japanese encephalitis

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    La Crosse encephalitis (California serogroup viruses)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Latent tuberculosis infection

    Within five (5) business days

    Sec. 111

    Legionellosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 112

    Leptospirosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 113

    Listeriosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 114

    Lyme disease

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 115

    Lymphogranuloma venereum

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 116

    Malaria

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 117

    Measles (rubeola)

    Immediately

    Sec. 118

    Meningococcal, invasive disease

    Immediately

    Sec. 119

    Mumps

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 120

    Novel influenza A

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 121

    Pertussis

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 122

    Plague

    Immediately

    Sec. 123

    Poliomyelitis

    Immediately

    Sec. 124

    Powassan

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Psittacosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 125

    Q fever

    Immediately

    Sec. 126

    Rabies in humans or animals (confirmed and suspect animal with human exposure)

    Immediately

    Sec. 127

    Rabies, postexposure treatment

    Within 72 hours

    Secs. 127 and 80

    Rocky Mountain spotted fever

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 128

    Rubella (German measles)

    Immediately

    Sec. 129

    Rubella congenital syndrome

    Immediately

    Sec. 129

    Salmonellosis, nontyphoidal

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 130

    Salmonellosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing*

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 130

    Shigellosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing*

    Immediately

    Sec. 131

    Smallpox (variola infection)

    Immediately

    Sec. 132

    Adverse events or complications due to smallpox vaccination (vaccinia virus infection) or secondary transmission to others after vaccination. This includes accidental implantation at sites other than the vaccination site, secondary bacterial infections at vaccination site, vaccinia keratitis, eczema vaccinatum, generalized vaccinia, congenital vaccinia, progressive vaccinia, vaccinia encephalitis, death due to vaccinia complications, and other complications requiring significant medical intervention.

    Immediately

    Sec. 132

    St. Louis encephalitis (SLE)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin resistance level of MIC ≥ 8 μg/mL, or severe Staphylococcus aureus in a previously healthy person

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 133

    Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease and antimicrobial susceptibility testing*

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 134

    Streptococcus, group A, invasive disease

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 135

    Syphilis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 136

    Taenia solium infection

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 137

    Tetanus

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 138

    Toxic shock syndrome (streptococcal or staphylococcal)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 139

    Trichinosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 140

    Tuberculosis disease, cases and suspects

    Within 24 hours

    Sec. 141

    Tularemia

    Immediately

    Sec. 142

    Typhoid and paratyphoid fever, cases and carriers, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing*

    Immediately

    Sec. 143

    Typhus, endemic (fleaborne)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 144

    Varicella (chickenpox)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 145

    Vibriosis (non-cholera)

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 146

    West Nile virus (WNV)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Western equine encephalitis (WEE)

    Immediately

    Sec. 82

    Yellow fever

    Immediately

    Sec. 147

    Yersiniosis

    Within 72 hours

    Sec. 148

    *Reporting of disease is required to follow the "When to Report (from probable diagnosis)" time frame, and the antimicrobial susceptibility testing results are to be reported as soon as they become available.

      (e) Reporting of HIV infection/disease shall include classification as defined in the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Volume 63, No. RR-03, April 11, 2014. Supplemental reports shall be provided by the physician when an individual's classification changes. The CD4+ T-lymphocyte count and percentage or viral load count, or both, shall be included with both initial and supplemental reports.

      (f) The department, under the authority of IC 4-22-2-37.1, may adopt emergency rules to include mandatory reporting of emerging infectious diseases. Reports shall include the information specified in subsection (c).

      (g) Outbreaks of any of the following shall be reported immediately upon suspicion:

    (1) Any disease required to be reported under this section.

    (2) Diarrhea of the newborn (in hospitals or other institutions).

    (3) Foodborne or waterborne diseases in addition to those specified by name in this rule.

    (4) Streptococcal illnesses.

    (5) Conjunctivitis.

    (6) Impetigo.

    (7) Nosocomial disease within hospitals and health care facilities.

    (8) Influenza-like illness.

    (9) Viral meningitis.

    (10) Unusual occurrence of disease.

    (11) Any disease, including, but not limited to:

    (A) anthrax;

    (B) plague;

    (C) tularemia;

    (D) Brucella species;

    (E) smallpox;

    (F) botulism; or

    (G) multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis.

    (12) Chemical illness that is considered:

    (A) a bioterrorism threat;

    (B) an importation; or

    (C) a laboratory release.

      (h) Failure to report constitutes a Class A infraction as specified by IC 16-41-2-8. (Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-2.5-75; filed Nov 25, 2015, 2:54 p.m.: 20151223-IR-410150039FRA)