California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 4 - Preventive Medical Service › Subchapter 1 - Reportable Diseases and Conditions › Article 1 - Reporting › Section 2505 - Notification by Laboratories

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To
					 assist the local health officer, the laboratory director, or the laboratory
					 director's designee, of a clinical laboratory, an approved public health laboratory
					 or a veterinary laboratory in which a laboratory examination of any specimen derived
					 from the human body (or from an animal, in the case of a disease or condition in
					 animals made reportable by these regulations) yields microscopic, culture,
					 immunologic, serologic, molecular, pathologic, or other evidence suggestive of those
					 diseases listed in subsections (e)(1) and (e)(2) below, shall report such findings
					 to the health officer of the local health jurisdiction where the patient resides. If
					 the patient residence is unknown, the laboratory shall notify the health officer of
					 the jurisdiction in which the health care provider is located. The reporting
					 specified above shall include any initial findings as well as any subsequent
					 findings as a result of additional laboratory examination. In addition, the
					 laboratory director or the laboratory director's designee shall also report negative
					 laboratory test results or other laboratory findings when requested by the
					 Department or a local health officer.
(1) For
					 those diseases listed in subsection (e)(1), the report of such findings shall be
					 made within one hour after the laboratory notifies the health care provider or other
					 person authorized to receive the report. If the laboratory that makes the positive
					 finding received the specimen from another laboratory, the laboratory making the
					 positive finding shall notify the health officer of the jurisdiction where the
					 patient resides within one hour from the time the laboratory notifies the referring
					 laboratory that submitted the specimen. If the patient residence is unknown, the
					 laboratory shall notify the health officer of the jurisdiction in which the health
					 care provider is located.
(2) For those
					 diseases listed in subsection (e)(2), with the exception of severe acute respiratory
					 syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the report of such findings shall be made
					 within one working day from the time that the laboratory notifies the health care
					 provider or other person authorized to receive the report. If the laboratory that
					 makes the positive finding received the specimen from another laboratory, the
					 laboratory making the positive finding shall notify the health officer of the
					 jurisdiction where the patient resides within one working day from the time the
					 laboratory notifies the referring laboratory that submitted the specimen. If the
					 patient residence is unknown, the laboratory shall notify the health officer of the
					 jurisdiction in which the health care provider is located.
(3) For severe acute respiratory syndrome
					 coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the report of such findings shall be made within eight
					 hours from the time that the laboratory notifies the health care provider or other
					 person authorized to receive the report. If the laboratory that makes the positive
					 finding received the specimen from another laboratory, the laboratory making the
					 positive finding shall notify the health officer of the jurisdiction where the
					 patient resides within eight hours from the time the laboratory notifies the
					 referring laboratory that submitted the specimen. If the patient residence is
					 unknown. the laboratory shall notify the health officer of the jurisdiction in which
					 the health care provider is located.