Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R386 - Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology
Rule R386-702 - Communicable Disease Rule
Section R386-702-6 - Reporting Criteria
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 386-702-6
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Manual reporting criteria is as follows:
(a)
Reporting timeframes are as follows:
(i)
Entities shall report immediately reportable events by telephone as soon as
possible, but no later than 24 hours after identification. Events designated as
immediately reportable by the Department include cases and suspect cases of:
(A) anthrax or anthrax-like
illness;
(B) botulism, excluding
infant botulism;
(C)
cholera;
(D) novel coronavirus
disease including: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS);
(E)
diphtheria;
(F) Haemophilus
influenzae, invasive disease;
(G)
hepatitis A;
(H) influenza
infection suspected or confirmed to be caused by a non-seasonal influenza
strain;
(I) measles;
(J) meningococcal disease,
invasive;
(K) plague;
(L) poliovirus, paralytic and
nonparalytic;
(M) rabies, human and
animal;
(N) rubella, excluding
congenital syndrome;
(O)
smallpox;
(P) Staphylococcus aureus
from any clinical specimen that is resistant to vancomycin;
(Q) transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(prion diseases), including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;
(R) tuberculosis;
(S) tularemia;
(T) typhoid, cases and carriers;
(U) viral hemorrhagic fevers;
(V) yellow fever; or
(W) any event described in Subsection
R386-702-3(5)
or R386-702-3(6).
(ii) Entities shall report events in
Subsections R386-702-3(2)
through R386-702-3(6)
not required to be reported immediately within three working days from the time
of identification.
(b)
Methods for reporting are as follows:
(i)
Entities reporting manually shall send reports to either a local health
department or the Department by phone, secured fax, secured email, or
mail.
(ii) Contact information for
the Department is as follows:
(A) phone: (801)
538-6191 during business hours, or 888-EPI-UTAH (888-374-8824) after
hours;
(B) secured fax: (801)
538-9923;
(C) secured email:
reporting@utah.gov contact the Department at (801) 538-6191 for information on
this option; and
(D) mail: 288
North 1460 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84116.
(iii) A confidential morbidity report form is
available at: http://health.utah.gov/epi/reporting/ .
(iv) The Department incorporates by reference
version 2.2 of the Utah Reporting Specifications for Communicable Diseases,
that identifies individual laboratory tests that shall be reported to the
Department by manual reporting entities.
(2) Electronic reporting criteria is as follows:
(a) Reporting timeframes are as
follows:
(i) Entities that report
electronically shall report laboratory results within 24 hours of finalization.
(A) Entities can choose to report in
real-time (as each report is released) or batch reports.
(B) Entities reporting electronically shall
report preliminary positive results for the immediately reportable events
specified in Subsection
R386-702-6(1)(a)(i).
(b) Methods for reporting are as follows:
(i) Laboratories that identify cases or
suspect cases shall report to the Department through electronic laboratory
reporting, in a manner approved by the Department. Reportable events shall be
identified by automated computer algorithms.
(A) Laboratories may substitute electronic
reporting if electronic laboratory reporting is not available, with permission
from the Department, and in a manner approved by the Department.
(B) Hospitals reporting electronically shall
use HL7 2.5.1 message structure, and standard LOINC and SNOMED terminology in
accordance with Meaningful Use regulations.
(C) Laboratories reporting electronically
shall use HL7 2.3.1 or 2.5.1 message structure, and appropriate LOINC codes
designating the test performed.
(D)
Entities reporting electronically shall submit local vocabulary codes with
translations to the Division of Disease Control and Prevention Informatics
Program, if applicable.
(E) The
Department incorporates by reference version 1.3 of the Utah Electronic
Laboratory Reporting Specifications for Communicable Diseases, that identifies
individual laboratory tests that shall be reported to the Department by
electronic reporting entities.
(F)
For additional information on this process, refer to
https://health.utah.gov/phaccess/public/elr/
or contact the Division of Population Health Informatics Program by phone
(801-538-6191) or email
(edx@utah.gov).
(ii)
Electronic case reporting is an authorized method of reporting to the
Department. For additional information on this process, contact the Division of
Population Health Informatics Program by phone (801-538-6191) or email
(edx@utah.gov).
(A) Entities reporting via
electronic case reporting may send any clinical information for an encounter
that meets criteria for reporting to public
health.
(3) Syndromic reporting criteria is as follows:
Entities reporting syndromes or conditions identified in Subsection R386-702-3(8) shall report as soon as practicable using a schedule approved by the Department.
For information on reporting syndromic data, refer to
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