Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 97 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Subchapter F - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES INCLUDING ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › Section 97.133 - Reporting Information for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Reporting entities described in §
										97.132
				  of this title (relating to Who Shall Report Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
				  shall report all information required by the department for each person (which
				  includes an HIV-exposed infant) who has or is suspected of having an STD, as
				  well as for any specimen derived from a human body that yields microscopic,
				  cultural, serological or any other evidence of a suspected STD.
(b) The department has established the
				  reporting procedures required under Texas Health and Safety Code, §
										81.044,
				  including the designation of specific forms and methods of reporting. The
				  required written reports, electronic reports, and telephone reports shall be
				  made in a complete, accurate and timely manner, all in accordance with §
										97.134
				  of this title (relating to How to Report Sexually Transmitted
				  Diseases).
(c) All persons required
				  to report under §
										97.132
				  of this title must report the following (each report must either use the
				  department's form specified in this subsection, or a substitute form which
				  captures all the data elements of the specified department form):
(1) All adult or adolescent (13 years of age
				  or older) HIV infections and AIDS (stage 3 of HIV infection) diagnoses for
				  individuals 13 years of age or older (see the most current version of the
				  department's Texas HIV/AIDS Adult/Adolescent case report form (available as
				  specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(2) All pediatric
				  (less than 13 years of age) HIV infections and AIDS (stage 3 of HIV infection)
				  diagnoses (see the most current version of the department's Texas HIV/AIDS
				  pediatric case report form (available as specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(3) All
				  HIV-positive pregnant women. (see the most current version of the department's
				  Texas HIV/AIDS Adult/Adolescent case report form (available as specified in
				  §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(4) All
				  HIV-exposed infants (see the most current version of the department's Texas
				  HIV/AIDS Pediatric case report form (available as specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(5) All chancroid,
				  Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea, and syphilis infections (see the
				  most current version of the department's Confidential Report of Sexually
				  Transmitted Diseases form (STD-27) (available as specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(6) All congenital
				  syphilis infections (see the most current version of the CDC's Congenital
				  Syphilis Case Investigation and Report form (available as specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).
(7) All positive
				  or reactive results from point of care testing for STDs (see the most current
				  version of the department's Confidential Report of Sexually Transmitted
				  Diseases form (STD-27) (available as specified in §
											97.134
				  of this title)).