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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 1 - DUTY TO REPORT › Rule 15-2-11-1.1.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Each clinician including each physician, pathologist,
						nurse practitioner, medical examiner; and coroner, laboratory director and
						veterinarian, in epizootic diseases, shall report to the Department of Health
						any diagnosed case or suspected case of a reportable disease or condition,
						including those hereinafter listed, which he or she is attending, has examined,
						or of which he or she has knowledge. Reports on patients originating from
						institutions (including but not limited to hospitals and nursing homes) may be
						coordinated through a designated person, such as an infection control
						practitioner, provided there is prior arrangement with the Mississippi State
						Department of Health, Epidemiology Program. Such report shall include, unless
						otherwise specified, the patient's name, address, age and/or date of birth,
						race, sex, the disease or suspected disease or condition, the date of onset of
						the disease, method of diagnosis, and name of attending clinician.
1. All reports so made are confidential.
					 Reports shall be made as required for each class. Case Report Cards for written
					 reports are supplied through the local health department. When a report to the
					 local health department is made by telephone or in person, the local health
					 officer or his or her designee shall be responsible for preparing the Case
					 Report Card, and forwarding it to the Epidemiology Program.
2. The designated diseases and conditions
					 listed in Appendix A to the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases
					 and Conditions shall be reported using the following classifications. The list
					 designating the reportable diseases and conditions shall be published annually
					 in the Mississippi Morbidity Report and is also available upon request to the
					 Epidemiology Program.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-91-7
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 1 - DUTY TO REPORT › Rule 15-2-11-1.1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A: Diseases of major public health
					 importance which shall be reported directly to the Department of Health by
					 telephone within 24 hours of first knowledge or suspicion. Class 1A diseases
					 and conditions are dictated by requiring an immediate public health response.
					 Laboratory directors have an obligation to report laboratory findings for
					 selected diseases (Refer to Appendix B in the Rules and Regulations Governing
					 Reportable Diseases and Conditions).
2. Class 1B: Diseases of major public health
					 importance which shall be reported directly to the Department of Health by
					 telephone on the next business day after first knowledge or suspicion. Class 1B
					 diseases and conditions require individual case investigation, but not an
					 immediate public health response. Laboratory directors have an obligation to
					 report laboratory findings for selected diseases (Refer to Appendix B in the
					 Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions).
3. Class 2: Diseases or conditions of public
					 health importance of which individual cases shall be reported by mail,
					 telephone or electronically, within 1 week of diagnosis. In outbreaks or other
					 unusual circumstances they shall be reported the same as Class 1. Class 2
					 diseases and conditions are those for which an immediate public health response
					 is not needed for individual cases. Laboratory directors have an obligation to
					 report laboratory findings for selected diseases (Refer to Appendix B to the
					 Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions).
4. Class 3: Laboratory based surveillance.
					 Reported by laboratory only. Diseases or conditions of public health importance
					 of which individual laboratory findings shall be reported by mail, telephone,
					 or electronically within one week of completion of laboratory test (refer to
					 Appendix B of the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and
					 Conditions.). Types of results deemed reportable may be updated due to changes
					 in technology by the State Epidemiologist upon advice of the Director of the
					 Public Health Laboratory.
5. Class
					 4: Diseases of public health importance for which immediate reporting is not
					 necessary for surveillance or control efforts. Diseases and conditions in this
					 category shall be reported to the Mississippi Cancer Registry within 6 months
					 of the date of first contact for the reportable condition.
i.
All Class 4 reports should be
					 submitted to:
Mississippi Cancer Registry
Cancer Research and Registries
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS39216
Phone: 601-815-5482
Fax: 601-815-5483
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 1 - DUTY TO REPORT › Rule 15-2-11-1.1.3

Current through June 25, 2024
State Epidemiologist; with the concurrence of the State
						Health Officer, when the Board is not in session, may declare a disease or
						condition reportable for a specific length of time, not to exceed 12 months.
						The Board shall be informed of any action taken under this provision at its
						next regular meeting. The intent and purpose of this authority is to allow
						rapid investigation of and response to new or emerging threats to the health of
						the public.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-91-7
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 2 - CASE DEFINITIONS › Rule 15-2-11-1.2.1

Current through June 25, 2024
For surveillance and reporting purposes, the criteria
						for diagnosis of reportable conditions shall be those specified by the Council
						of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control
						and Prevention. Current criteria can be found at
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/case-definitions.html
for infectious diseases.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 3 - DUTY OF LABORATORY DIRECTORS TO REPORT › Rule 15-2-11-1.3.1

Current through June 25, 2024
It shall be the duty of the director or other person in
						charge of any clinical laboratory in the State of Mississippi or serving
						Mississippi clinicians or institutions to notify the Mississippi State
						Department of Health of any laboratory finding as provided for in Appendix A of
						the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions for all
						classes of diseases or conditions. The report shall in all cases include the
						name and location of the physician or other health care provider ordering the
						test in addition to the patient identifying information specified in Subchapter
						1. Tests considered reportable shall be those listed in Appendix B to the Rules
						and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 4 - DUTIES OF LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER › Rule 15-2-11-1.4.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The director of the local health department, as the
						local health officer, shall be responsible for the control of communicable
						diseases and other conditions within his or her jurisdiction considered
						prejudicial to the public health. It shall be his or her duty to collect and
						make reports as required to the Mississippi State Department of Health, to
						provide consultation services to physicians regarding communicable diseases, to
						advise and consult with all others in matters relating to public health, and to
						investigate reports of known or suspected communicable diseases or of
						conditions which might be prejudicial to the public health. It shall be his or
						her duty to determine in individual cases or groups of cases whether to impose
						restrictions on the activities of patients or contacts of persons with a
						communicable disease and to fix the period of isolation for such diseases. For
						all the diseases listed in Appendix A, Class 1A and Class 1B, the local health
						officer shall, on first knowledge or suspicion, conduct an investigation into
						all the circumstances and prescribe such reasonable methods of control as may
						be calculated to minimize the danger of further dissemination of the disease
						process. The measures proposed in the most current edition of the Control of
						Communicable Diseases Manual, published by the American Public Health
						Association shall be considered as supplementary. In all matters where there is
						disagreement as to diagnosis, isolation or in any other situation where the
						responsibility rests with the health officer, the opinion of the health officer
						shall prevail. In the discharge of his or her duties, the health officer or
						designee shall not be denied the right of entry to any premises nor shall he or
						she be denied pertinent patient health information and patient
						identifiers.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 5 - REPORTING OF PATIENTS WHO ABANDON TREATMENT › Rule 15-2-11-1.5.1

Current through June 25, 2024
If any patient suffering from any of the diseases or
						conditions listed in Appendix A to the Rules and Regulations Governing
						Reportable Diseases and Conditions leaves the care of his/her physician or
						leaves any hospital, and the condition of the patient is considered harmful to
						the public health, it shall be the duty of the attending physician or
						superintendent or other person in charge of the hospital to report the
						circumstances to the Department of Health, whether the case has been previously
						reported or not.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 6 - SUSPECTS OR CONTACTS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO EXAMINATION › Rule 15-2-11-1.6.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The local health officer is authorized to examine,
						treat, and/or isolate at his or her discretion or under the direction of the
						State Health Officer any person who, on credible information, is suspected of
						suffering from any communicable disease, or who is a contact with a known case
						of such disease or may be a carrier or have the disease in the incubation or
						prodromal phase. Said suspect or contact shall be notified in writing to report
						to a reasonable place at a reasonable time for such examination. Should the
						suspect or contact refuse to submit to examination satisfactory to the health
						officer, said suspect or contact shall be prosecuted at law to compel
						compliance and/or be isolated in a manner prescribed by the health officer
						until the danger of transmitting the disease in question has passed. In the
						event that the aforementioned suspect or contact is a minor, the parent or
						guardian shall be apprised of the facts and requested to deliver said minor for
						examination.
In the event of refusal, the health officer shall
						maintain action at law to compel compliance of the parent or guardian and/or
						impose isolation as necessary.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 7 - PERSONS IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS REQUIRED TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN PERSONS › Rule 15-2-11-1.7.1

Current through June 25, 2024
When any superintendent or other person in charge of any
						school or other institution, whether public or private, or the person in charge
						of any establishment or business dealing with perishable foods or foodstuffs
						for public consumption knows or suspects that any person attending or employed
						in said school, institution, or business is afflicted with any disease
						transmissible under the conditions prevailing in that institution or
						establishment, said person in charge shall exclude the affected person from
						attending or working in said school, institution or business until he/she shall
						have been declared by the health officer, or by medical certification
						acceptable to the health officer, not to be a significant threat to the health
						of others as a result of the above mentioned disease.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 8 - FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS › Rule 15-2-11-1.8.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The production, processing, storage, handling,
						distribution and sale of food for human consumption shall conform to the
						specifications of the current Mississippi Food Code. Local authorities may
						impose additional, specific requirements. It shall be the duty of the local
						health officer to investigate any potential or actual disease occurrence in
						connection with food handling and to impose any measures he/she deems necessary
						for its control.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 9 - NOTIFICATION OF OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS › Rule 15-2-11-1.9.1

Current through June 25, 2024
or carries the infectious agent thereof or any other
						disease or agent transmissible under the circumstances of the care to be
						provided, shall advise the health care service provider to whom the patient is
						referred or transferred of the presence of the condition together with
						pertinent details as indicated by accepted standards of medical
						practice.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 10 - NOTIFICATION OF THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS › Rule 15-2-11-1.10.1

Current through June 25, 2024
In certain circumstances where such notification has
						significant potential for interrupting the transmission of disease, the
						Department of Health, through its official representatives, may notify a third
						party of the presence of a reportable disease in another person. Such
						notification shall be subject to the prior approval of the State Health Officer
						or of the State Epidemiologist, and shall take place only under the following
						conditions:
1. Significant, medically
					 recognized, and biologically plausible potential for the transmission of the
					 disease involved must exist under the circumstances;
2. The party to be notified:
a. Must be at significant risk of acquiring
					 the disease in question or of aggravation of the disease by additional exposure
					 if such notification does not occur, and be potentially able to avoid such
					 transmission by realistic means as a result of the notification; or,
b. Must stand in loco parentis or otherwise
					 be responsible for the activities of other persons whose activities could
					 realistically be expected to produce the potential for transmission of the
					 disease to other individuals, and such notification would enable that person to
					 take action which could realistically result in prevention of transmission;
					 or,
c. Could, with such
					 notification, aid in preventing further transmission of the disease by offering
					 testimony in a judicial proceeding concerning the infected individual's
					 violation of an order of the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 10 - NOTIFICATION OF THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS › Rule 15-2-11-1.10.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Such notification shall always be dependent on the
						presence of a disease that can be transmitted under the circumstances involved,
						and where there either is no other practical means of limiting transmission or
						where notification provides such a significant advantage over other means of
						attempting to reduce transmission that in the opinion of the State Health
						Officer or the State Epidemiologist, notification is
						warranted.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 11 - NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS -POSTEXPOSURE › Rule 15-2-11-1.11.1

Current through June 25, 2024
When in the course of providing emergency services to an
						individual, an emergency medical technician, firefighter, peace officer, or
						other provider of emergency services comes into direct bare-skin contact with
						the patient's blood or other internal body fluids, and the patient is
						transported to a medical care facility, the emergency medical services provider
						shall notify the medical facility of the blood exposure. Notification shall be
						in writing and shall include the date and time of the exposure, a description
						of the nature of the exposure, and the circumstances under which it occurred.
						If the medical facility to whom the victim is delivered learns during that
						admission or episode of treatment that the patient has one of the conditions
						listed in Subchapter 13 or carries the causative agent thereof, the medical
						facility shall then advise the emergency medical service worker who was exposed
						as to the condition which was present, and the need for any protective measures
						to be taken. The hospital shall retain in the patient's medical record a copy
						of the written notification by the emergency medical services provider of the
						exposure. The emergency service provider and/or the agency to which he or she
						is employed shall not disclose any patient identifying information provided
						under this section to any other person or agency
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 12 - PREVENTION OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS DURING EXPOSURE-PRONE PROCEDURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.12.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human
						Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients during Exposure-Prone
						Invasive Procedures published in the MMWR by the Centers for Disease Control
						and Prevention shall be the guidelines followed in all applicable circumstances
						in the State of Mississippi. (Copies of these guidelines may be obtained by
						contacting the Epidemiology Program at 601-576-7725.) This document may also be
						accessed at
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00014845.htm
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 13 - BLOODBORNE AGENTS › Rule 15-2-11-1.13.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Board of Health declares the diseases listed
						in the following table and/or infectious agents, transmissible by blood or body
						fluids, to require the use of appropriate blood and body fluid precautions,
						including notification of other health care personnel, emergency medical
						personnel, and providers of postmortem services as indicated by accepted
						standard of medical practice or required by law.
Transmissible by Blood or Body
								  Fluids
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
								  infection
Hepatitis B
Syphilis
Hepatitis C
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 14 - TESTING FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION › Rule 15-2-11-1.14.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus
						(HIV) shall be performed only under the following conditions:
1. No individual or agency shall perform
					 screening tests or collect specimens for the performance of such tests without
					 either the ability to perform appropriate confirmatory tests, such as
					 fluorescent antibody, Western blot, or other tests accepted as confirmatory by
					 the State Department of Health, or arrangements to have such confirmatory tests
					 performed.
2. Individuals tested
					 for HIV infection shall be notified of the results of the testing only upon
					 completion of appropriate confirmatory or second level test such as fluorescent
					 antibody, Western blot, or other tests accepted as confirmatory by the State
					 Department of Health.
3. No testing
					 shall be performed without appropriate post-test counseling of individuals
					 tested.
4. All conditions stated
					 above pertain to any brand of rapid HIV test.
Exceptions:
1)
					 "negative" rapid HIV test results may be provided directly to the patient.
2) provision of "preliminary
					 positive" rapid HIV test results to the patient pending receipt of required
					 confirmatory test results is permitted. Providers offering rapid HIV testing
					 should receive specific pre- and post-test counseling training. It is preferred
					 that the confirmatory test specimen collection occur immediately, but if that
					 is not possible, every effort should be made to assure that the patient reports
					 for confirmatory testing as soon as possible.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 15 - IMPORTATION OF WILD ANIMALS › Rule 15-2-11-1.15.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Any wild animal (including but not limited to raccoons,
						skunks, foxes, prairie dogs and ferrets) known to be capable of harboring and
						transmitting any disease which may affect humans (such as rabies), or of
						harboring the vector which transmits the illness (such as plague), from an area
						or farm enzootic for that illness, shall not be imported into the
						state
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 16 - STORAGE OF BIOLOGICALS › Rule 15-2-11-1.16.1

Current through June 25, 2024
All local health offices, pharmacies, drug stores,
						apothecary shops, wholesale drug houses and other entities or institutions
						located within the State of Mississippi and selling or offering to sell or
						furnish to the public certain biologicals to be used for the purpose of
						preventing or curing disease shall maintain refrigeration systems in which said
						biologicals shall be stored at all times. The temperature of the refrigeration
						system shall not be above 46º F at any time. In the compartment of the
						refrigeration system where biologicals are stored, a standard thermometer shall
						be so placed in a fixed position as to indicate the average temperature of the
						storage compartment. Except for oral polio vaccine, varicella vaccine and other
						biologicals which must remain frozen until time of use, products should not be
						placed against ice or stored and maintained at temperatures below 35º
						F
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The following measures shall be used to control or
						prevent the included diseases of public health importance. The measures
						proposed in the most current edition of the Control of Communicable Diseases
						Manual, published by the American Public Health Association shall be considered
						as supplementary.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.2 - Anthrax

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A case report required.
2. Human infections: Any person infected with
					 anthrax shall be isolated until all lesions are healed or the diagnosis
					 disproved to the satisfaction of the health officer. All lesion discharges
					 shall be subjected to concurrent disinfection in a manner acceptable to the
					 health officer.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.3 - Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class1A case
					 report required.
2. Whenever the
					 local health officer shall have reason to suspect that any dairy herd may be
					 infected with brucellosis he/she shall prohibit the movement, sale or giving of
					 milk from the herd until the herd is proven free of brucellosis by veterinary
					 certification acceptable to him/her. Milk shall be from dairy herds under a
					 brucellosis eradication program complying with requirements set forth in the
					 current Mississippi State Board of Health Regulations, and the Mississippi
					 State Department of Health's Regulations Governing the Production and Sale of
					 Milk and Milk Products.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.4 - Cancer

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 4 case report required.
2. Diseases and conditions in this category
					 shall be reported within six months of the first date of contact for the
					 reportable condition to the Mississippi Cancer Registry. The National Program
					 of Cancer Registries at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires
					 the reporting of certain diseases and conditions. A comprehensive reportable
					 list including ICD9CM/ICD10CM codes is available on the Mississippi Cancer
					 Registry website,
www.umc.edu/Administration/Outreach_Services/Mississippi_Cancer_Registry/Reportable_Diseases.aspx
3. Each record shall provide a minimum set of
					 data items which meets the uniform standards required by the National Program
					 of Cancer Registries and documented in the
North American Association
					 of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Data Standards and Data Dictionary,
					 Volume II
. [Refer to Section
					 41-91-7(2)
					 (b), Mississippi Code 1972 as amended. See
					 Preface.]
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-91-7
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.5 - Diphtheria

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A case report required.
a. Every case or suspected case of diphtheria
					 shall be isolated until 2 cultures from the throat and 2 from the nose taken
					 not less than 24 hours apart and not less than 24 hours after antibiotic
					 therapy fail to show diphtheria bacilli. Where culturing is impractical,
					 isolation may be ended after 14 days of appropriate antibiotic treatment. In
					 suspected cases, isolation may be terminated if laboratory and clinical
					 findings fail to confirm the diagnosis.
b. All articles in contact with a patient and
					 all articles soiled by discharges of a patient shall be disinfected or disposed
					 of in a manner acceptable to the health officer.
c. At termination of isolation, the quarters
					 shall undergo terminal disinfection.
d. All close contacts should have cultures
					 taken and should be kept under surveillance for 7 days. Adult contacts whose
					 occupation involves handling food or close association with children must be
					 excluded from these occupations until shown by bacteriological examination not
					 to be carriers.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.6 - Foodborne Illness

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A case
					 report required for outbreaks. Some foodborne diseases require case reports for
					 a single case see Appendix A to the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable
					 Diseases and Conditions.
a. Whenever the local
					 health officer shall know of or suspect the existence of an outbreak of illness
					 due to food infection or food poisoning, he/she shall conduct an immediate
					 investigation of all the circumstances.
b. The local health officer shall prohibit
					 infected or potentially infected persons from engaging in the preparation or
					 handling of foods or foodstuffs until said health officer is satisfied that
					 said persons are free of pathogenic microorganisms.
c. The local health officer shall, upon
					 investigation, prohibit practices in preparation, processing, storing or
					 handling of food or foodstuffs which are known or may be reasonably inferred to
					 be conducive to food poisoning.
d.
					 The local health officer shall require compliance of all persons or firms with
					 at least the minimum sanitary requirements of the Mississippi State Board of
					 Health in regard to the physical plant in which or from which perishable foods
					 or foodstuff are offered to the public.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.7 - Hepatitis

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A case report required for
					 hepatitis A.
a. Patients with hepatitis A
					 should be questioned as to whether they work as a food-handler (including
					 voluntary work) and whether they have children in the household who attend a
					 daycare center. This information shall be a part of the case report.
b. The local health officer shall prohibit
					 persons infected or potentially infected with hepatitis A from engaging in the
					 preparation or handling of foods or foodstuffs until said health officer is
					 satisfied that said persons are free of hepatitis A virus.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.8 - Hansen Disease (Leprosy)

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 3 case
					 report required.
2. Treatment
					 should be in consultation with the Mississippi State Department of Health for
					 local treatment.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.9 - Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality

Current through June 25, 2024
Class 1A case report required.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.10 - Measles

Current through June 25, 2024
Class 1A case report required. Effective outbreak control
						is dependent on immediate telephone report of individual
						cases.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.11 - Meningitis

Current through June 25, 2024
Class 1A case report required for meningococcal and
Haemophilus influenzae
meningitis or other forms of invasive
						disease, since chemoprophylaxis for high risk contacts is provided by the
						Department of Health. (Usually presents as meningitis or septicemia, or less
						commonly as cellulites, epiglottitis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, or septic
						arthritis.)
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.12 - Ophthalmia Neonatorum (Neonatal Gonococcal Ophthalmia)

Current through June 25, 2024
All physicians and healthcare providers attending births
						must install in the eyes of the newborn no more than 24 hours after delivery an
						appropriate dose of an antibiotic currently recommended and approved for
						neonatal ocular prophylaxis for ophthalmia neonatorum.
When recommended antibiotics for neonatal ocular
						prophylaxis are unavailable or in limited supply, healthcare providers,
						hospitals and healthcare facilities attending births should adhere to the
						following recommendations:
1. When
					 supply is limited or unavailable, consider screening for gonococcal infection
					 at delivery for women who were not tested during pregnancy and/or are at risk
					 for infection.
a. If testing is done at
					 delivery, ensure prompt follow up and treatment of both mother and infant if
					 testing is positive.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.13 - Poisoning

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 2 case report required for
					 individual cases.
2. For the
					 purpose of reporting, poisoning includes, but is not limited to cases involving
					 observable clinical symptomology or significant clinical laboratory changes as
					 a result of over exposure to drugs, household products, pesticides,
					 agricultural or industrial chemicals, plants, venomous animals or any other
					 toxicant. Reports made to the Mississippi Poison Control Center at the
					 University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson (1-800-222-1222) will
					 satisfy this requirement.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.14 - Rabies

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Class 1A case report required.
2. Control in Animals: The Mississippi State
					 Department of Health subscribes to the most current edition of the Compendium
					 of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, parts I, II, and III, by the National
					 Association of State Public Health Veterinarians. The provisions of this
					 compendium have been endorsed by the CDC, U. S. Public Health Service,
					 Department of Health and Human Services; the American Veterinary Medical
					 Association; the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; and other
					 public and private agencies. The compendium can be found at
www.nasphv.org/documentsCompedia.html
.
					 The following are state specific modifications to the Compendium.
3. Vaccine Administration: All animal rabies
					 vaccines are restricted to use by or under the supervision of a veterinarian or
					 person specifically licensed or designated by the State Board of Health to
					 administer rabies vaccine.
4.
					 Vaccine Selection: The current Compendium lists vaccines licensed for use in
					 the United States. Only licensed vaccines shall be used. Vaccines selected for
					 immunizing dogs and cats shall be licensed as providing 3-year
					 immunity.
5. Wildlife Vaccination:
					 Vaccination of wildlife is not recommended since no vaccine is licensed for use
					 in wild animals. Offspring of wild animals bred with domestic dogs or cats are
					 considered wild animals.
6.
					 Pre-Exposure Vaccination (Dogs and Cats): All dogs and cats shall be vaccinated
					 against rabies at three months of age, revaccinated one year later and every
					 three years thereafter, using a rabies vaccine approved as providing a 3 year
					 immunity.
7. Post-Exposure
					 Management
a. Any animal bitten or scratched
					 by a wild, carnivorous mammal or bat that is not available for testing should
					 be regarded as having been exposed to rabies.
b. Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets: Unvaccinated
					 dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to a rabid animal should be euthanized
					 immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, or if the animal is
					 overdue for vaccinations, refer to the recommendations contained within the
					 Postexposure Management section of the most current version of the Compendium
					 of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control (
www.nasphv.org/documentsCompedia.html
).
					 Dogs, cats, and ferrets that are currently vaccinated should be revaccinated
					 immediately, kept under the owner's control, and observed for 45
					 days.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.15 - SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Current through June 25, 2024
For SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the following are explicitly reportable in Mississippi:
1. Pediatric COVID-19 associated deaths
					 (<18 years of age) and COVID-19 associated deaths in pregnant women. Class
					 1A-requires reporting by telephone to MSDH within 24 hours of first knowledge
					 or suspicion.
2. Suspected or
					 confirmed COVID-19 associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
					 (MIS-C) in individuals <21 years of age. Class 1B-reporting by telephone to
					 MSDH Office of Epidemiology within one business day of first knowledge or
					 suspicion.
3. Suspected and
					 confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks. Class 1A- requires reporting by telephone to MSDH
					 within 24 hours of first knowledge or suspicion.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Rule 15-2-11-1.17.16 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - General

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Any person
					 known or suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, chancroid, human
					 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other sexually transmissible disease (STD) or
					 suspected of having been exposed to syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, chancroid,
					 HIV or other STD shall submit to examination as provided in Section 105. Any
					 person who, after due notification, fails or refuses to report for examination
					 at the time and place designated by the health officer shall be subject to
					 prosecution and the local health officer or the Mississippi State Department of
					 Health or its representative may make an affidavit of such fact and cause the
					 issuance of a warrant returnable before any court of competent jurisdiction.
					 All records and reports herein required shall be kept in secret files and
					 disclosed only as required before the court (Section
					 41-23-29, Mississippi Code of 1972
					 as amended.).
2. It shall be the
					 duty of the local health officer or his or her representative to conduct
					 effective epidemiological actions including initial and follow up interviews,
					 rapid contact and suspect referral to medical examination, satisfactory
					 determination of the source of patient infection and all subsequent infections,
					 and appropriate administration of prophylactic treatment to all at risk
					 critical period contacts.
3. Case
					 reports of genital Chlamydia, gonorrhea, chancroid and syphilis shall include
					 date, type of treatment and dose, or if no treatment has been
					 initiated.
4. Syphilis
a. Class 1B (including congenital and
					 infection in pregnancy) case report required.
b. General
i. Any reactive serologic test for syphilis
					 (STS) shall be reported to the State Department of Health by thelaboratory
					 performing the test. Report shall include test result, patient's name, age,
					 race, sex, and address, and name of physician ordering the test.
ii. RPR or VDRL [GRETER THAN EQUAL TO] 1:8 -
					 Class 1B case report required.
iii.
					 Any reactive STS in persons 10 years of age or younger - Class 1B case report
					 required.
iv. RPR or VDRL [LESS
					 THAN EQUAL TO] 1:4 - Class 1B case report required. MSDH "Laboratory Log Sheet"
					 or a form providing all the same information may be used.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 18 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING REPORTABLE DISEASES › Rule 15-2-11-1.18.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Any physician, dentist or other person who shall fail,
						neglect, or refuse to comply with, or shall falsify any report, or shall
						violate any of the Rules and Regulations of the Mississippi State Board of
						Health shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the
						penalty provided by law.
Miss.Code Ann.
						§
												41-3-17