Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 1 › Subtitle 06 - DISEASES › Chapter 10.06.01 - Communicable Diseases and Related Conditions of Public Health Importance › Section 10.06.01.04 - Reporting Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Sources
				  of Reports and to Whom to Report.
(1) An
				  institution, as specified in Health-General Article, § 18-202, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland, and a health care provider who knows of a case of a
				  reportable disease, condition, outbreak, or unusual manifestation shall report
				  it to a health officer.
(2) A
				  teacher at any public, private, or parochial school or a child care provider at
				  any child care facility shall report an occurrence of a reportable disease or
				  condition, an outbreak, or an unusual manifestation as set forth in Regulation
				  .03 of this chapter to the principal, school nurse, or superintendent or
				  assistant superintendent or designee, who shall transmit to a health officer a
				  report of the name and address of a child who appears to have a reportable
				  communicable disease or who has been exposed to a reportable communicable
				  disease.
(3) The master or person
				  in charge of a vessel or aircraft within the territory of the State shall
				  report to the Secretary or a health officer at the nearest port of landing or
				  entry, all known facts relating to the illness and physical condition of an
				  individual aboard the vessel or aircraft who may have a reportable disease or
				  condition, an outbreak, or an unusual manifestation.
(4) Directors of Medical Laboratories or
				  Laboratories that Possess Biological Agents as Defined in COM4R
				  10.10.11.03B(8).
(a) The director of a medical laboratory or a
				  laboratory that possesses a biological agent as defined in COMAR
				  10.10.11.03B(8)
				  shall report:
(i) Laboratory evidence of a
				  reportable condition as specified in Regulation .03C of this chapter from
				  examination of a human specimen acquired from an individual in this State;
				  and
(ii) Evidence of any other
				  condition as requested by the Secretary.
(b) The director of a medical laboratory or a
				  laboratory that possesses a biological agent as defined in COMAR
				  10.10.11.03B(8)
				  located in a Maryland jurisdiction shall report to the health officer of that
				  jurisdiction.
(c) The director of a
				  medical laboratory located outside of Maryland shall report to the
				  Secretary.
(d) If a medical
				  laboratory or a laboratory that possesses ay-biological agent as defined in
				  COMAR 10.10.11.03B(8)
				  forwards clinical materials out of State for testing, the originating medical
				  laboratory or a laboratory that possesses a biological agent as defined in
				  COMAR 10.10.11.03B(8)
				  shall comply with this subsection by:
(i)
				  Reporting the results and submitting the clinical materials; or
(ii) Ensuring that the results are reported
				  and materials submitted.
(e) When more than one specimen is taken from
				  a patient during one disease episode, the director of a medical laboratory or a
				  laboratory that possesses a biological agent as defined in COMAR
				  10.10.11.03B(8)
				  need not report every test result of a specimen that shows evidence of the same
				  disease in that patient if:
(i) At least one
				  positive test result is reported; and
(ii) A health officer has agreed that all
				  test reports do not need to be reported.
(5) Any individual having knowledge of an
				  animal bite shall report the bite according to the requirements of COMAR
				  10.06.02.
(6) The owner or operator
				  of a food establishment as defined in Health-General Article, § 21-301,
				  Annotated Code of Maryland, shall report to a health officer an occurrence of a
				  reportable disease or condition, an outbreak, or an unusual
				  manifestation.