Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 254 - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE REPORTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 144-254-3 - REPORTABLE DISEASES
Hospitals, Physicians, Physician Extenders, and Chiropractors shall submit the required information described in section (4) on the diseases listed and defined in this section to the Department no later than 30 days from the date of diagnosis (or suspected diagnosis or discharge from a hospital.
The following reportable categories are based mainly on type of occupational exposure except where symptoms could be caused by various agents.
- Any injury associated with agricultural work which results in death or requires care by a Hospital, Physician , Physician Extender, or Chiropractor.
- Asbestosis
- Byssinosis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
Arsenic
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Mesothelioma
- Occupational Asthma
- Outbreaks
- Pesticide Poisoning
Carbamate Pesticides
Bipyridyl Herbicides
Dinitrophenol Herbicides
Organochlorine Pesticides
Organophosphate Insecticides
Synthetic Pyrethrin Pesticides
Triazine Herbicides
Miscellaneous Pesticides
- Silicosis
- Solvent Toxicity
- Toxic Gas Poisoning
Ammonia
Carbon Monoxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen Sulfide
Miscellaneous
The department maintains a criteria guide which outlines the reportable diseases, their symptomology, their causative agents and their occupational exposures. This guide is updated periodically and is available upon request.
