Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 300.000 - Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements
Section 300.135 - Reporting of Pediatric Influenza Deaths, Severe and Unusual Illness Due to Influenza, Cases of Antiviral Treatment or Prophylaxis Failure, and Illnesses Believed to Be Due to Novel Influenza Viruses
Universal Citation: 105 MA Code of Regs 105.300
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(A) Health care providers shall report to the Department within 24 hours, in a form or manner deemed acceptable by the Department:
(1) All suspected and confirmed
deaths due to influenza in pediatric patients and in pregnant women. Pediatric
patients are defined as individuals younger than 18 years old;
(2) All suspect or confirmed human cases of
influenza that are unusual or unusually severe including, but not limited to,
cases with encephalopathy, myocarditis or pericarditis;
(3) All cases of influenza suspected or
proven to be a result of resistance to an influenza antiviral agent;
and
(4) Suspect or confirmed cases
of human infection due to influenza A viruses that are different from currently
circulating human influenza H1 and H3 viruses. These viruses include those that
are subtyped as nonhuman in origin and those that are unsubtypable with
standard methods and reagents.
(B) The Department will notify the local board of health via MAVEN of all such reports.
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