Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 97 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter A - CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section 97.5 - Where to Report a Condition or Isolate; Where to Submit an Isolate
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 97.5
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Humans.
(1) A physician, dentist, veterinarian,
chiropractor, reporting officer of a hospital, person in charge of a hospital
laboratory (if the laboratory reports independently), person permitted by law
to attend a pregnant woman during gestation or at the delivery of an infant, or
school authority shall report to the local health authority where the office,
clinic, hospital, or school is located. If there is no local health authority
appointed for the jurisdiction where the office, clinic, hospital, or school is
located, the report shall be made to the Department of State Health Services
(department) regional director. Public health emergencies shall be reported to
the department's central office if the local health authority or the
department's regional director is not immediately accessible.
(2) The administrative officer of a clinical
laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility shall report a condition
or submit an isolate as follows:
(A) If the
laboratory examination was requested by a physician, notice shall be sent to
the local health authority for the jurisdiction where the physician's office is
located, to the department's regional director for the jurisdiction where the
physician's office is located if no local health authority exists, or to the
department's central office when the regional director or local health
authority are unknown to the laboratory.
(B) If the laboratory examination was not
requested by a physician, notice shall be sent to the local health authority
for the jurisdiction where the laboratory is located, to the department's
regional director for the jurisdiction where the laboratory is located if no
local health authority has been appointed, or to the department's central
office when the regional director or local health authority are unknown to the
laboratory.
(C) All diseases
requiring submission of cultures in §
97.3(a)(4)
of this title (relating to What Condition to Report and What Isolates to Report
or Submit) shall be submitted to the Department of State Health Services,
Laboratory Services Section, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-3199 or
other public health laboratory as designated by the Department of State Health
Services.
(3) Sexually
transmitted diseases including HIV and AIDS shall be reported in accordance
with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV)).
(b) Animals.
(1) Reportable conditions in animals
shall be reported to either the appropriate Department of State Health Services
regional zoonosis control office or the Zoonosis Control Branch office in
Austin.
(2) Conditions in animals
that are reportable to both the Department of State Health Services and the
Texas Animal Health Commission can be reported to either one of the agencies,
which will forward the information to the other agency.
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