Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) In addition to
the individuals required to report under Section
381.0031, F.S., the following
persons are required to report suspected rabies exposure to humans as well as
conditions that they diagnose or suspect in animals pursuant to subsection
64D-3.039(2),
F.A.C.:
(a) Animal control officers operating
under Section 828.27, F.S.;
(b) Employees or agents of a public or
private agency, animal shelter, or other facility that is operated for the
collection and care of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted
animals;
(c) Animal disease
laboratories licensed under Section
585.61, F.S.;
(d) Wildlife officers operating under Section
372.07, F.S.;
(e) Wildlife rehabilitators permitted by the
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission under Rule
68A-9.008, F.A.C.;
and,
(f) Florida state park
personnel operating under Section
258.007,
F.S.
(2) Reports are to
be submitted to the county health department having jurisdiction for the area
in which the event occurred.
(3)
Reports are to be submitted within time frames and by means as specified in
subsections 64D-3.029(1) and
(3), F.A.C.
(4) Reports shall include as much of the
following as is available to the reporter:
(a)
The animal's name; species; breed; sex; color; age; rabies vaccination status;
date of onset of signs; signs; and ownership status (owned/feral/wild);
location of the animal sighting(s) even if no person was exposed.
(b) If the animal is owned, the animal
owner's first, middle and last name; address, including street, street number,
city, state and zip code; and telephone numbers, (work, home and/or cell)
including area code.
(c) Where
relevant, the exposed person's first, middle and last name; address, including
street, street number, city, state and zip code; telephone numbers (work, home
and/or cell), including area code; age; sex; date of exposure; the geographic
location where the exposure occurred or location of the animal sighting(s);
date of onset of symptoms; name, address and telephone numbers, including the
area code of the reporter; and any other epidemiological information requested
by the Department.
(d) Reports from
an Animal Disease Laboratory shall include the submitting veterinarian's first,
middle and last name; address, including street, street number, city, state and
zip code; telephone numbers (work, home and/or cell), including area code; type
of diagnostic tests (for example culture, IgM, serology, Western Blot or
culture); type(s) of specimen (for example feces, urine, blood, mucus, etc.);
date(s) of specimen collection; site (for example cloaca, eye, etc., if
applicable); diagnostic test results, including titer when quantitative
procedures are performed, and including all available results on grouping or
typing of organisms.
Rulemaking Authority 381.0011(2), 381.0031(8) FS. Law
Implemented 381.0031(3), (4), (8) FS.
New 11-20-06, Amended
10-20-16.
