Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 27 - COMMUNICABLE AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter E - SELECTED PROCEDURES FOR PREVENTING DISEASE TRANSMISSION
Section 27.152 - Investigation of cases and outbreaks

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 27.152

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The Department or a local health authority may investigate any case or outbreak of disease judged by the Department or local health authority to be a potential threat to the public health.

(b) A person may not interfere with or obstruct a representative of the Department or a local health authority who seeks to enter a house, health care facility, building or other premises to carry out an investigation of a case or outbreak, if the representative presents documentation to establish that he is an authorized representative of the Department or the local health authority.

(c) In the course of conducting an investigation of a case or outbreak, the authorized representative of the Department or local health authority may conduct a confidential review of medical records. A person may not interfere with or obstruct this review.

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