Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 300.000 - Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements
Section 300.172 - Submission of Selected Isolates and Diagnostic Specimens to the State Public Health Laboratory

Universal Citation: 105 MA Code of Regs 105.300
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

All laboratories shall submit the following directly to the State Public Health Laboratory for further examination.

Bacillus anthracis isolates and suspect isolates

Brucella sp. isolates and suspect isolates

Burkholderia mallei isolates and suspect isolates

Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates and suspect isolates

Carbapenem-resistant and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriacea isolates

Campylobacter sp. isolates

Clostridium botulinum isolates and suspect isolates

Specimens obtained from human sources with indication or suspicion of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infection

Francisella tularensis isolates and suspect isolates

Haemophilus influenzae isolates from a usually sterile site

Influenza viruses diagnostic specimens or isolates known or suspected to contain antiviral resistant virus

Legionella sp., isolates and suspect isolates

Listeria monocytogenes isolates

Specimens with indication or suspicion of measles virus infection

Specimens with indication or suspicion of mumps virus infection

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates

Neisseria meningitidis isolates from a usually sterile site

Salmonella sp. isolates

SARS-CoV-2 isolates

Shiga toxin producing organism isolates including E. coli O157, and any broths which test positive for shiga toxin producing organisms where the organism has not been isolated

Shigella sp. isolates

Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate and vancomycin-resistant isolates only Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from a usually sterile site and only from individuals younger than 18 years old

Vibrio sp. isolates

Specimens obtained from human sources with indication or suspicion of West Nile virus infection

Yersinia pestis isolates and suspect isolates

Yersinia sp. (non pestis) isolates

Organisms with antimicrobial resistance of a novel nature

Where necessary for the investigation, monitoring, control and prevention of diseases dangerous to the public health, the Department may require added specimens or isolates from organisms listed in 105 CMR 300.170 be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory for further examination.

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