Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Every health
care professional shall report each case in which the health care professional
has diagnosed or treated a case of AIDS, HIV infection, syphilis, gonorrhea,
chlamydia, or chancroid.
1) The reportable
STI case report shall state the name, address and telephone number of the
health care professional and the date of the report. The STI case report shall
be submitted within seven days after the diagnosis or treatment.
2) If the health care professional diagnoses
or treats a reportable STI in a county or city governed by a local health
department, the STI report shall be sent to that local health department. In
all other cases, the STI report shall be sent directly to the
Department.
3) For cases of AIDS or
HIV infection, the report shall be completed by a health care professional or
designee using the Department's Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report for a
person age 13 or older, or the Department's Pediatric HIV/AIDS Confidential
Case Report for a person under age 13. For HIV or AIDS, the report shall
include the following information:
A) The
individual's name, nine digit Social Security Number, current address,
telephone number, age, date of birth, age at diagnosis, current vital status
(alive or dead (date of death)), race, ethnicity, sex, current gender, country
of birth, residence at diagnosis, facility where diagnosis of HIV or AIDS was
established;
B) Patient risk
history;
C) Laboratory results of
HIV tests;
D) Information
concerning the presence and method of diagnosis of AIDS indicator
disease;
E) Each successive AIDS
indicator disease (e.g., Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, Kaposi's sarcoma or
esophageal candidiasis), regardless of whether the case is known or thought to
have been previously reported in another state or health
jurisdiction;
F) For reports
submitted by health care facilities, the name and telephone number of the
individual completing the form, if different from the health care
professional;
G) Information
concerning treatment services and referrals and, for women, information on both
the current pregnancy status and births after 1977, and for prenatal cases,
information about birth history;
H)
Whether the HIV-infected individual has had any exposure-prone invasive
procedures performed on him or her and, if so, the types of invasive procedures
and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the health care professionals
who performed those invasive procedures;
I) Whether the HIV-infected individual is a
health care professional; if so, the type of health care professional and
whether the individual has performed exposure-prone invasive procedures;
and
J) Whether post-test counseling
or partner services have taken place or whether assistance is needed from the
local health department or the Department.
4) For cases of syphilis, gonorrhea,
chlamydia, and chancroid, the report shall be completed by a health care
professional or designee and shall be reported electronically or on a case
report form furnished by the Department, or by a local health department in
cities with a population of 1,000,000 or more. The report shall state the
following:
A) The name, address, and telephone
number of the health care professional;
B) The date of the report;
C) The STI-infected individual's name,
address, telephone number, date of birth, race, ethnicity, sex, and pregnancy
status;
D) The diagnosis,
diagnostic classification, and any laboratory findings; and
E) The medication name and dosage that the
individual is receiving, has received, or will receive, and whether treatment
has been completed.
b) Every laboratory and blood bank, through
its Director, shall report each instance in which the laboratory or blood bank
performed a test for a reportable STI that concluded with a reportable
laboratory result.
1) Within seven days after
the reportable laboratory test result is obtained, the laboratory or blood bank
shall report to the Department, or to the local health department in cities
with a population of 1,000,000 or more. The laboratory or blood bank shall
report electronically or on a form furnished by the Department, or by the local
health department in cities with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
2) For reportable STI laboratory tests, the
report shall state the name and address of the laboratory or blood bank and the
date of the report, as well as the following information:
A) The name, address and telephone number of
the health care professional or other person who submitted the specimen for
testing (not applicable to blood banks);
B) The STI-infected individual's name,
address, telephone number, date of birth, race, ethnicity, sex, and pregnancy
status, as provided by the health care professional or other person who
submitted the specimen for testing; and
C) The date the tests were performed, the
laboratory results, and the method employed.
3) A hospital or laboratory shall report to
the Department, either electronically or on a form furnished by the Department,
all HIV viral load results, both detectable and undetectable, and all subtype
and sequence data from antiviral drug resistance testing. The report shall
state the name and address of the laboratory or blood bank and the date of the
report, as well as the following information:
A) The name, address and telephone number of
the health care professional or other person who submitted the specimen for
testing (not applicable to blood banks);
B) The HIV-infected individual's name,
address, telephone number, date of birth, race, ethnicity and sex, as provided
by the health care professional or other person who submitted the specimen for
testing; and
C) The date the tests
were performed, the laboratory results, and the method employed.
4) A hospital or laboratory shall
report to the Department, either electronically or on a form furnished by the
Department, all CD4+ (T4) lymphocyte test results, including count and
percentages of any value, which the Department will match against the statewide
HIV/AIDS Registry to select only those cases known to the Registry. The report
shall state the name and address of the laboratory or blood bank and the date
of the report, as well as the following information:
A) The name, address and telephone number of
the health care professional or other person who submitted the specimen for
testing (not applicable to blood banks);
B) The HIV-infected individual's name,
address, telephone number, date of birth, race, ethnicity and sex, as provided
by the health care professional or other person who submitted the specimen for
testing; and
C) The date the tests
were performed, the laboratory results, and the method employed.
5) In addition to the above
reporting requirements:
A) If the subject of
the test is under 12 years of age, any reactive or positive test result, if not
reported electronically to the Department, shall be reported to the Department
by telephone immediately or as soon as Department business hours permit at
217-524-5983 for HIV/AIDS test results and 217-782-2747 for all other
reportable STI test results.
B)
Every laboratory and blood bank shall report the total number of tests
performed for reportable STIs each week by sex to the Department, or to the
local health department in cities with a population of 1,000,000 or more. This
report shall be made electronically or on a reporting form furnished by the
Department, or by the local health department in cities with a population of
1,000,000 or more.
c) All persons required to report pursuant to
this Part shall maintain the strict confidentiality of all information and
records relating to known or suspected cases of STIs in accordance with the
AIDS Confidentiality Act, Section
693.100 of this Part, and 77
Ill. Adm. Code 697.140 (HIV/AIDS
Confidentiality and Testing Code - Nondisclosure of the Identity of a Person
Tested or Test Results).
d) For
each case report of a reportable STI that it receives, pursuant to this
Section, the local health department shall report electronically, if available,
or forward a copy of the report to the Department within seven days after
receiving the report. The local health department shall assure the completeness
and accuracy of the report form. The local health department shall record the
reporting source on the case report form.