Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services
Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance
7 AAC 27.005 - Reporting by health care providers

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 27.005

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A disease or other condition of public health importance listed in this subsection constitutes a public health emergency requiring immediate reporting. A health care provider who first diagnoses or suspects a diagnosis of the disease or other condition must immediately report the disease or other condition by telephone directly to a public health agent in the department. The following diseases or other conditions must be reported under this subsection:

(1) anthrax;

(2) botulism;

(3) diphtheria;

(4) glanders;

(5) hemorrhagic fever;

(6) influenza, due to suspected novel strains;

(7) measles;

(8) melioidosis;

(9) meningococcal invasive disease;

(10) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS);

(11) paralytic shellfish poisoning;

(12) plague;

(13) poliomyelitis;

(14) rabies in a human or an animal;

(15) rubella;

(16) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, due to suspected novel corona virus strains;

(17) smallpox;

(18) tetanus;

(19) tularemia;

(20) yellow fever;

(21) an outbreak or an unusual number or clustering of diseases or other conditions of public health importance.

(b) In addition to the immediate reporting requirements of (a) of this section, a health care provider shall submit a report to the department orally, electronically, or on a department-provided form not later than two working days after first discovering or suspecting the existence of the following diseases or conditions:

(1) acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS);

(2) amnesic shellfish (domoic acid) intoxication;

(3) antibiotic-resistant organisms of national significance, including Candida auris and carbapenem-resistant organisms;

(4) arboviral neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive disease;

(5) brucellosis;

(6) campylobacteriosis;

(7) chancroid;

(8) Chlamydia trachomatis infection;

(9) ciguatera fish poisoning;

(10) cryptosporidiosis;

(11) cyclosporosis;

(12) cysticercosis;

(13) diphyllobothriasis;

(14) echinococcosis;

(15) giardiasis;

(16) gonorrhea;

(17) Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease;

(18) hantavirus pulmonary syndrome;

(19) hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS);

(20) hepatitis (type A, B, C, D, or E);

(21) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection;

(22) influenza death, laboratory-confirmed by any testing methodology;

(23) legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever);

(24) leptospirosis;

(25) leprosy (Hansen's disease);

(26) listeriosis;

(27) Lyme disease;

(28) malaria;

(29) mumps;

(30) pertussis (whooping cough);

(31) pregnancy in a person known to be infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or syphilis;

(32) prion diseases;

(33) psittacosis;

(34) Q fever;

(35) salmonellosis;

(36) scombroid fish poisoning;

(37) Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection;

(38) shigellosis;

(39) Streptococcus agafactiae (Group B streptococcus), invasive disease;

(40) Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), invasive disease;

(41) Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus), invasive disease and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, including necrotizing fasciitis;

(42) syphilis;

(43) trichinosis (trichinellosis);

(44) tuberculosis;

(45) typhoid fever;

(46) varicella fchickenpox) death, laboratory-confirmed) by any testing methodology;

(47) Vibrio infection;

(48) yersiniosis;

(49) repealed 9/3/2023.

(c) Each report must give the name, address and telephone number, date of birth, sex, ethnicity, and race of the person diagnosed as having the reported disease or other condition, whether that person is pregnant, whether the diagnosis is laboratory-confirmed, and the name and address of the health care provider reporting the disease or other condition. For certain conditions, the department may require a health care provider to submit additional data elements if essential for adequate public health response, including medications provided.

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