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 2501 - Investigation of a Reported Case, Unusual Disease, or Outbreak of Disease

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Upon receiving a
					 report made pursuant to Section
					 2500 or
					 2505, the local health officer shall
					 take whatever steps deemed necessary for the investigation and control of the
					 disease, condition or outbreak reported. If the health officer finds that the nature
					 of the disease and the circumstances of the case, unusual disease, or outbreak
					 warrant such action, the health officer shall make or cause to be made an
					 examination of any person who or animal which has been reported pursuant to Sections
					 2500 or
					 2505 in order to verify the diagnosis,
					 or the existence of an unusual disease, or outbreak, make an investigation to
					 determine the source of infection, and take appropriate steps to prevent or control
					 the spread of the disease. Whenever requested to do so by the Department, the health
					 officer shall conduct a special morbidity and mortality study under Health and
					 Safety Code Section
					 211 for
					 any of the diseases made reportable by these regulations.
(b) If a disease is one in which the local health
					 officer determines identification of the source of infection is important, and the
					 source of infection is believed to be outside the local jurisdiction, the health
					 officer shall notify the Director or the health officer under whose jurisdiction the
					 infection was probably contracted if known. Similar notification shall be given if
					 there are believed to be exposed persons, living outside the jurisdiction of the
					 health officer, who should be quarantined or evaluated for evidence of the
					 disease.
1. Amendment
						filed 5-24-55; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 55, No.
						8).
2. Amendment filed 3-30-89; operative 3-30-89 (Register 89, No.
						14).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE, including renumbering and
						amendment of former section
						2512 to subsection
						2501(b)(1)-(2), filed
						5-1-95 as an emergency; operative 5-1-95 (Register 95, No. 18). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-29-95 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Amendment of
						section and NOTE refiled 8-21-95 as an emergency; operative 8-21-95 (Register 95,
						No. 34). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-19-95 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-1-95 order, including repealer
						and new section heading, and amendment of section and NOTE transmitted to OAL
						12-19-95 and filed 2-2-96 (Register 96, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  207,
						  208 and
						  3123,
						  Health and Safety Code; and Section
						  555(b),
						  Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
						  7,
						  200,
						  207,
						  211,
						  211.5,
						  304.5,
						  410,
						  1603.1,
						  3051,
						  3053,
						  3110,
						  3122,
						  3123,
						  3124,
						  3125,
						  3131 and
						  3132,
						  Health and Safety Code; Sections
						  551,
						  554
						  and
						  555,
						  Business and Professions Code.