Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 300.000 - Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements
Section 300.175 - Potential Exposures to Certain Infectious Agents in Clinical Laboratories and Research Settings Reportable Directly to the Department

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

Any person who is in a supervisory position at a human or veterinary diagnostic or research laboratory located in Massachusetts who has knowledge that a human has had exposure to certain infectious agents in the laboratory, shall report the same immediately by telephone to the Department. These infectious agents include, but are not necessarily limited to, Bacillus anthracis (excluding Sterne strains), Brucella suis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella abortus, Brucella canis, Brucella sp. vaccine strains, Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Francisella tularensis, Neisseria meningitidis, and Yersinia pestis

In addition, bites, scratches or contact with body fluids from macaque monkeys shall be reported in the same manner.

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