Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 12, March 21, 2025
A. A health care
provider required to report shall, either personally or through a
representative, submit a report, in a Department-provided format, to the local
health agency within the time limitation in Table 2.1 and as specified in
subsection (C) or (D).
B. An
administrator of a health care institution or correctional facility in which a
case or suspect case of a communicable disease listed in Table 2.1 is
diagnosed, treated, or detected or an occurrence listed in Table 2.1 is
detected shall, either personally or through a representative, submit a report,
in a Department-provided format, to the local health agency within the time
limitation in Table 2.1 and as specified in subsection (C) or (D).
C. Except as described in subsection (D), for
each case, suspect case, or occurrence for which a report on an individual is
required by subsection (A) or (B) and Table 2.1, a health care provider
required to report or an administrator of a health care institution or
correctional facility shall submit a report that includes:
1. The following information about the case
or suspect case:
a. Name;
b. Residential and mailing
addresses;
c. County of
residence;
d. Whether the
individual is living on a reservation and, if so, the name of the
reservation;
e. Whether the
individual is a member of a tribe and, if so, the name of the tribe;
f.Telephone number and,
if available, email address;
g. Date of
birth;
h. Race and ethnicity;
i.
Gender;
j. If known, whether the individual is
pregnant;
k. If known, whether the individual is alive or
dead;
l. If known, the individual's occupation;
m. If
the individual is attending or working in a school or child care establishment
or working in a health care institution or food establishment, the name and
address of the school, child care establishment, health care institution, or
food establishment; and
n. For a case or
suspect case who is a child requiring parental consent for treatment, the name,
residential address, telephone number, and, if available, email address of the
child's parent or guardian, if known;
2. The following information about the
disease:
a. The name of the disease;
b. The date of onset of symptoms;
c. The date of diagnosis;
d. The date of specimen collection;
e. Each type of specimen collected;
f. Each type of laboratory test
completed;
g. The date of the
result of each laboratory test; and
h. A description of the laboratory test
results, including quantitative values if available;
3. If reporting a case or suspect case of
tuberculosis:
a. The site of
infection;
b. A description of the
treatment prescribed, if any, including:
i.
The name of each drug prescribed,
ii. The dosage prescribed for each drug,
and
iii. The date of prescription
for each drug; and
c.
Whether the diagnosis was confirmed by a laboratory and, if so, the name,
address, and phone number of the laboratory;
4. If reporting a case or suspect case of
chancroid, gonorrhea, or infection:
a. The
gender of the individuals with whom the case or suspect case had sexual
contact;
b. A description of the
treatment prescribed, if any, including:
i.
The name of each drug prescribed,
ii. The dosage prescribed for each drug,
and
iii. The date of prescription
for each drug;
c. The
site of infection; and
d. Whether
the diagnosis was confirmed by a laboratory and, if so, the name, address, and
phone number of the laboratory;
5. If reporting a case or suspect case of
syphilis:
a. The information required under
subsection (C)(4); and
b.
Identification of:
i. The stage of the
disease, or
ii. Whether the syphilis
is congenital;
6. If reporting a case of congenital syphilis
in an infant, and in addition to the information required under subsection
(C)(5) and A.R.S. §
36-694(A),
the following information:
a. The name and
date of birth of the infant's mother;
b. The residential address, mailing address,
telephone number, and, if available, email address of the infant's
mother;
c. The date and test
results for the infant's mother of the prenatal syphilis test required in
A.R.S. §
36-693;
and
d. If the prenatal syphilis
test of the infant's mother indicated that the infant's mother was infected
with syphilis:
i. Whether the infant's mother
received treatment for syphilis,
ii. The name and dosage of each drug
prescribed to the infant's mother for treatment of syphilis and the date each
drug was prescribed, and
iii. The
name and phone number of the health care provider required to report who
treated the infant's mother for syphilis;
7. The name, address, telephone number, and,
if available, email address of the individual making the report; and
8. The name, address, telephone number, and,
if available, email address of the:
a. Health
care provider, if reporting under subsection (A) and different from the
individual specified in subsection (C)(7); or
b. Health care institution or correctional
facility, if reporting under subsection (B).
D. For each outbreak for
which a report is required by subsection (A) or (B) and Table 2.1, a health
care provider required to report or an administrator of a health care
institution or correctional facility shall submit a report that includes:
1. A description of the signs and
symptoms;
2. If possible, a
diagnosis and identification of suspected sources;
3. The number of known cases and suspect
cases;
4. A description of the
location and setting of the outbreak;
5. The name, address, telephone number, and,
if available, email address of the individual making the report; and
6. The name, address, telephone number, and,
if available, email address of the:
a. Health
care provider, if reporting under subsection (A) and different from the
individual specified in subsection (D)(5); or
b. Health care institution or correctional
facility, if reporting under subsection (B).
E.When
an HIV-related test is ordered for an infant who was perinatally exposed to HIV
to determine whether the infant is infected with HIV, the health care provider
who orders the HIV-related test or the administrator of the health care
institution in which the HIV-related test is ordered shall:
1. Report the results of the infant's
HIV-related test to the Department, either personally or through a
representative, within five working days after receiving the results of the
HIV-related test;
2. Include the
following information in the report specified in subsection (E)(1):
a. The name and date of birth of the
infant;
b. The residential address,
mailing address, and telephone number of the infant;
c. The name and date of birth of the infant's
mother;
d. The date of the last
medical evaluation of the infant;
e. The types of HIV-related tests ordered for
the infant;
f. The dates of the
infant's HIV-related tests;
g. The
results of the infant's HIV-related tests; and
h. The ordering health care provider's name,
address, and telephone number; and
3. Include with the report specified in
subsection (E)(1) a report for the infant's mother including the following
information:
a. The name and date of birth of
the infant's mother;
b. The
residential address, mailing address, and telephone number of the infant's
mother;
c. The date of the last
medical evaluation of the infant's mother;
d. The types of HIV-related tests ordered for
the infant's mother;
e. The dates
of the HIV-related tests for the infant's mother;
f. The results of the HIV-related tests for
the infant's mother;
g. What
HIV-related risk factors the infant's mother has;
h. Whether the infant's mother delivered the
infant vaginally or by C-section;
i. Whether the infant's mother was receiving
HIV-related drugs prior to the infant's birth to reduce the risk of perinatal
transmission of HIV; and
j. The
name, address, and telephone number of the health care provider who ordered the
HIV-related tests for the infant's mother.
