Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 20 - Division of Community and Public Health
Chapter 20 - Communicable Diseases
Section 19 CSR 20-20.070 - Duties of Local Health Departments

Universal Citation: 19 MO Code of State Regs 20-20.070

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures for reporting communicable diseases to the Missouri Department of Health by local health departments.

(1) All local health authorities shall forward reports of all diseases and conditions mentioned in 19 CSR 20-20.020 to the Missouri Department of Health. These reports shall be forwarded within twenty-four (24) hours after they are received, according to procedures established by the Department of Health director. Local health authorities shall transcribe from the original reports information necessary to the conduct of their duties in 19 CSR 20-20.040(2), (2)(A)-(J), (3) and (3)(A)-(C) before forwarding the reports. All reports received by either the local health authority or the Department of Health are to be considered confidential records and not public records.

*Original authority: 192.020, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1951.

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