Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services § DHS 145.04 - Reports of communicable diseases
(1) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR REPORTING.
(a) Any person licensed under
ch. 441 or 448, Stats., knowing of or in attendance on a case or suspected case
shall notify the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of this
chapter, the state epidemiologist, in the manner prescribed in this
section.
(b) Each laboratory shall
report the identification or suspected identification of a disease-causing
organism or laboratory findings indicating the presence of a communicable
disease to the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of this
chapter, to the state epidemiologist.
(bg) Each laboratory shall forward a specimen
to the state laboratory of hygiene, or another laboratory designated by the
state epidemiologist, for confirmatory or investigation purposes if requested
by the state epidemiologist.
(br)
Each laboratory shall report a negative test result to the local health officer
to justify release from isolation or quarantine if requested by the state
epidemiologist or the local health officer.
(c) Each health care facility shall ensure
that reports are made to the local health officer or, if required under
Appendix A of this chapter, to the state epidemiologist, in the manner
specified in sub. (3). When a case is identified or suspected in a health care
facility having an organized program of infection control, the person in charge
of the infection control program shall ensure that the case or suspected case
is reported to the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of
this chapter, to the state epidemiologist, minimizing unnecessary duplication.
(cm) Each health care facility
shall report a negative test result to the local health officer to justify
release from isolation or quarantine if requested by the state epidemiologist
or the local health officer.
(d)
Any teacher, principal or nurse serving a school or day care center knowing of
a case or suspected case in the school or center shall notify the local health
officer or, if required under Appendix A of this chapter, the state
epidemiologist, in the manner prescribed in this section.
(e) Any person who knows or suspects that a
person has a communicable disease shall report the facts to the local health
officer or, if required under Appendix A of this chapter, to the state
epidemiologist.
(g) Nothing in this
subsection lessens the requirement for confidentiality of HIV test results
under s.
252.15,
Stats.
(2) CONTENT OF
REPORT.
(a) Each report under sub. (1) (a) to
(d) of a case or suspected case of a communicable disease to the local health
officer or the state epidemiologist shall include the name and address of the
person reporting and of the attending physician, if any, the diagnosed or
suspected disease, the name of the ill or affected individual, that
individual's address and telephone number, age or date of birth, race and
ethnicity, sex, county of residence, date of onset of the disease, name of
parent or guardian if a minor, and other facts the department or local health
officer requires for the purposes of surveillance, control and prevention of
communicable disease.
(b) Reports
may be written, verbal, or by electronic transmission. Written reports shall be
on the individual case report form provided by the department and distributed
by the local health officer or on a form containing the information required
under par. (a). Reports shall be submitted to the local health officer or, if
required under Appendix A of this chapter, to the state epidemiologist.
(c) Reports by laboratories of the
identification or suspected identification of a disease-causing organism or
laboratory findings indicating the presence of a communicable disease shall be
made to the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of this
chapter, to the state epidemiologist. These reports shall include the name of
the individual affected or ill, the individual's address, telephone number,
county of residence, age or date of birth, the name of the attending physician
and the identity or suspected identity of the organism or the laboratory
findings.
(d) All information
provided under this subsection shall remain confidential except as may be
needed for the purposes of investigation, control and prevention of
communicable diseases.
(3) URGENCY OF REPORTS.
(a) A person, laboratory or health care
facility required to report under sub. (1) shall report communicable diseases
of urgent public health importance as listed in category I of Appendix A of
this chapter to the local health officer immediately upon identification of a
case or suspected case. If the local health officer is unavailable, the report
shall be made immediately to the state epidemiologist.
(b) A person, laboratory or health care
facility required to report under sub. (1) shall report communicable diseases
of less urgent public health importance as listed in categories II and III of
Appendix A of this chapter to the local health officer or, if required under
Appendix A, to the state epidemiologist, by individual case report form or by
telephone within 72 hours of the identification of a case or suspected case.
(4) HANDLING OF REPORTS
BY THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER.
(a) The local
health officer shall notify the state epidemiologist immediately of any cases
or suspected cases reported under sub. (3) (a).
(b) At the close of each week, the local
health officer shall notify the state epidemiologist in writing on a form
provided by the department of all cases of reported diseases listed in Appendix
A.
(c) Local health departments
serving jurisdictions within the same county may, in conjunction with the
department, establish a combined reporting system to expedite the reporting
process.
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