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West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-06 - Approval Of Laboratories For Syphilis Serology › Section 64-6-5 - Administrative Due Process

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5.1. Those
				persons adversely affected by the enforcement of these legislative rules
				desiring a contested case hearing to determine any rights, duties, interests or
				privileges shall do so in a manner prescribed in the West Virginia Procedural
				Rules, Board of Health, Chapter 16-1, Series 1, 1981 Rules of Procedure for
				Contested Case Hearings and Declaratory Rulings. The aforementioned procedural
				rules are incorporated herein by reference.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-06 - Approval Of Laboratories For Syphilis Serology › Section 64-6-6 - Severability

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6.1. If any
				provisions of these rules or the application thereof to any person or
				circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
				provisions or application of these rules which can be given without the invalid
				provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of these rules are
				declared to be severable.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-06 - Approval Of Laboratories For Syphilis Serology › Section 64-6-7 - Penalty for Violating Provisions of Regulations

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7.1. Any person violating any of the
				provisions of these regulations shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
				two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30)
				days, or both.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-1 - General

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1.1. Scope -- This
				legislative rule establishes procedures governing the reporting of certain
				diseases and conditions, unusual health events, and clusters or outbreaks of
				diseases to the Bureau for public health. It also establishes the
				responsibility of various individuals and facilities in controlling
				communicable diseases. The W. Va. Code is available in public libraries and on
				the Legislature's web page,
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
.
1.2. Authority --W. Va. Code §§
									16-3-1,
				16-1-4;
				related 16-3C-1 et seq., 16-4-1 et seq., 16-22-3, 16-35-4 and
				16-40-7.
1.3. Filing Date -- July
				12, 2013.
1.4. Effective Date --
				August 12, 2013.
1.5. Applicability
				-- This rule applies to physicians and other licensed health practitioners;
				local health officers; other public health providers; private or public
				laboratories; administrators of the West Virginia Health Information Network
				(WVHIN);all health care facilities; the Bureau; health care professional
				licensing boards and agencies; any individual administering immunizations;
				administrators of schools, camps, and vessels; administrators of health care
				facilities operated by the department; the State registrar of vital statistics;
				county humane officers, dog wardens, sheriffs, pathologists, coroners,
				veterinarians and other animal health care providers, and medical examiners;
				and any other person investigating or treating disease, health conditions,
				exposure or alleged exposure to infectious agents, or cause of death.
1.6. Enforcement -- This rule is enforced by
				the Commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health or his or her
				designee.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-3 - Selection, Categorization, and Required Reporting

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3.1. Selection and Categorization of Required
				Reportable Diseases and Conditions.
3.1.a.
				The Commissioner may, by order filed with the Secretary of State, add or delete
				a disease or condition in any category. The Commissioner shall select and
				categorize diseases and conditions for inclusion in this rule based on whether
				the disease or condition constitutes or has the potential to constitute a
				public health emergency, whether it requires public health follow up, or
				whether the collection of data or other information on the disease or condition
				can assist in either determining the need for or effectively implementing
				public health programs or other projects to protect and promote the health of
				the people of West Virginia.
3.1.b.
				In emergency situations, such as potential epidemics, mass exposures, or mass
				casualty events, the Commissioner may require same day reporting by all
				required reporters for selected diseases conditions or injuries by rapid
				written notification of:
3.1.b.1. local
				health departments;
3.1.b.2. health
				care facilities and health care providers;
3.1.b.3. animal health providers, if the
				disease is zoonotic;
3.1.b.4.
				laboratories;
3.1.b.5. schools,
				camps or vessels;
3.1.b.6.
				emergency shelters;
3.1.b.7. "911"
				operators and disaster response workers;
3.1.b.8. funeral directors; and
3.1.b.9. medical examiners or
				coroners.
3.1.c. The
				written notification shall list required diseases, injuries or conditions to be
				reported; case definitions to be used; the required time frame for reporting;
				information to be reported for each case or suspected case; and information on
				how reports should be made to local health departments or the Bureau. The
				Commissioner shall establish a time for the required reporting not to exceed
				the duration of the emergency. Disease and conditions under surveillance may
				include:
3.1.c.1. fatalities, including cause
				of death;
3.1.c.2.
				injuries;
3.1.c.3. exposures to
				chemicals, toxins or radiation; and
3.1.c.4. other diseases or conditions
				established by the order of the Commissioner.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-4 - Other Reportable Events: Birth Defects

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The Commissioner shall arrange for the reporting of birth
				  defects as soon as detected by pediatric health care providers or human genetic
				  services providers. Birth defects are also identified from birth certificates
				  and health care facility medical records. After case review, evaluation and
				  referrals, reports are consolidated in the Maternal and Childand Family Health
				  database. The Bureau shall provide appropriate report forms for this
				  reporting.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-5 - Other Reportable Events: Potentially Rabid Animal Bites, Rabid Animals, Rabies Pre-Exposure Vaccinations and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

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5.1. If a person is
				bitten, scratched, or otherwise exposed (gets saliva, neural tissue, or other
				potentially infectious fluid into an open cut, wound, or mucous membrane) to a
				terrestrial mammal or bat, then the incident, including the person's full name,
				date of birth, and address, shall be reported to the local health officer
				within 24 hours, by phone, or other rapid means of communication, by the
				following individuals:
5.1.a. The physician
				or other health care provider caring for or observing the person;
5.1.b. The veterinarian or animal health care
				provider;
5.1.c. The humane or
				animal control officer;
5.1.d. The
				person bitten, scratched, or otherwise exposed, if no physician or other health
				care provider is in attendance and the person bitten, scratched or otherwise
				exposed is an adult;
5.1.e. Whoever
				is caring for the person, if no physician or other health care provider is in
				attendance and the person bitten, scratched, or otherwise exposed is
				incapacitated; or
5.1.f. The parent
				or guardian, if no physician or other health care provider is in attendance and
				the person bitten, scratched or otherwise exposed is a child.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-6 - Other Reportable Events: Administration of Immunizations

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6.1. The
				Commissioner shall establish and maintain a centralized registry- West Virginia
				Statewide Immunization Information System - WVSIIS - for tracking compliance
				with nationally recommended immunization schedules, school entry requirements
				and for monitoring vaccine use.
6.2. WVSIIS is an electronic reporting
				system. The following persons shall report immunizations administered to
				WVSIIS,as required by this rule;
6.2.a.
				Health care providers;
6.2.b.
				Health care facilities;
6.2.c.
				Local Health Officers;
6.2.d.
				Pharmacists;
6.2.e. Any other
				providers or facilities administering immunizations; and
6.2.f. School officials, if newly enrolled
				students present vaccination records for school entry as required by W. Va.
				Code §
										16-3-4
				and 64CSR95 and those vaccination records are not already recorded in
				WVSIIS.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-7 - Other Reportable Events: Disease Outbreaksor Clusters

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7.1. When a health
				care facility, health care provider laboratory, school, daycare, camp, vessel,
				correctional facility or other facility becomes aware of an outbreak or cluster
				in a community, school, camp, daycare, health care facility, correctional
				facility or other facility or related to a restaurant or food establishment, it
				shall report the outbreak to the local health officer immediately.
7.2. When the local health officer becomes
				aware of an outbreak in his or her jurisdiction, he or she shall notify the
				Bureau immediately by calling toll-free (800) 423-1271.
7.3. As appropriate, the local health officer
				shall collaborate in investigation of the outbreak or cluster with:
7.3.a. Other local health officers if cases
				from other local health jurisdictions are identified;
7.3.b. Public health officials from other
				states if cases from those states are identified;
7.3.c. The department; and
7.3.d. Federal public health
				officials.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-8 - Other Reportable Events: Surveillance Evaluation and Special Studies

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8.1. As necessary,
				the Commissioner may conduct special studies to evaluate the completeness,
				timeliness and accuracy of the surveillance and epidemiological information
				reported under this rule. In the process of conducting surveillanceevaluation,
				the Commissioner may request any of the following information from providers,
				facilities, laboratories, or other individuals named in this rule:
8.1.a. Computerized or paper reports of cases
				diagnosed during a limited timeframe, usually during a one year interval, but
				not more than five years;
8.1.b.
				Specified laboratory results collected over a limited timeframe, usually during
				a one year interval, but not more than five years;
8.1.c. Access to records to perform audits
				for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of reporting, or
8.1.d. Any other information required to
				verify the completeness and accuracy of reporting.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-9 - Other Reportable Events: Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance

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9.1.
				The WV Health Care Authority (HCA) shall allow access to all healthcare
				associated infection (HAI) data reported to and collected by the HCA to the
				appropriate persons at the Bureau for Public Health in the Office of
				Epidemiology and Prevention Services. The purpose of the access includes
				monitoring and reporting the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in
				association with specific HAIs, investigation of outbreaks and clusters in
				healthcare settings and other public health surveillance and investigation
				activities consistent with the mission of the Bureau. The responsibility for
				communication with hospitals regarding data collection, data quality and
				completeness rests with the WV Health Care Authority.
9.2. If not already reportable to the Bureau
				under subsection 9.1. of this section, all healthcare associated infections
				designated as reportable to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
				to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) shall also be made available
				to the Bureau. The health care facility shall give the Bureau access to the
				data reported to NHSN. The purpose of the access includes monitoring and
				reporting the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in association with
				specific HAIs, investigation of outbreaks and clusters in healthcare settings
				and other public health surveillance and investigation activities consistent
				with the mission of the Bureau. The responsibility for communication with the
				healthcare facilities regarding data collection, data quality and completeness
				rests with the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services within the Bureau
				for Public Health.
9.3. Data
				reported to the Bureau under this section is confidential and not subject to
				disclosure under the state Freedom Of Information Act, W. Va. Code
				29B-1-1, et
				seq. Data may be released for the purpose of informing the public about the
				health issue under surveillance in the aggregate.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-10 - Other Reportable Events: Bioterrorism Response

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10.1. All health care providers, health care
				facilities, animal health care providers, laboratories and law enforcement
				personnel shall report suspected or confirmed disease due to a bioterrorism
				agent immediately by telephone with follow up by other rapid means of
				notification to the local health department in the jurisdiction where the
				bioterrorist event is identified.
10.2. Suspect disease due to bioterrorism
				agents may be identified by the following epidemiological findings:
10.2.a. Unusual temporal or geographic
				clustering of illness. This might include persons who attended the same public
				event or gathering, or patients presenting with clinical signs and symptoms
				that suggest an infectious disease outbreak. More than two persons presenting
				with an unexplained febrile illness associated with sepsis, pneumonia,
				respiratory failure, rash or a botulism-like syndrome with flaccid paralysis,
				especially if occurring in otherwise healthy persons;
10.2.b. An unusual age distribution for
				common diseases, such as an increase in what appears to be a chickenpox like
				illness among adult patients, but which might be smallpox;
10.2.c. A large number of cases of acute
				flaccid paralysis with prominent bulbar palsies, suggestive of a release of
				botulinum toxin;
10.2.d. A
				laboratory finding characteristic of one of the known bioterrorism
				agents;
10.2.e. An unusually high
				number of laboratory samples, particularly from the same biologic medium, such
				as blood or stool cultures;
10.2.f.
				Unusual requests for testing or culturing; or
10.2.g. Any other unusual medical, laboratory
				or epidemiological findings not consistent with known patterns of transmission
				of naturally-occurring infectious agents.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-11 - Electronic Laboratory Reporting

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11.1. Laboratories participating in WVHIN
				shall report laboratory data to WVHIN by HL-7 messaging. Until the laboratory
				is designated by the bureau as a validated submitter, the laboratory shall
				submit laboratory reports to the Bureau by paper in the time frame required.
				When the laboratory is designated as a validated submitter by the Commissioner,
				the laboratory may substitute electronic reporting to WVHIN or WVEDSS through
				HL-7 in real time for the required paper reporting. When the laboratory is
				designated a validated submitter they shall report the conditions listed in
				this subsection through a real time electronic feed. These conditions are in
				addition to conditions reportable in this rule. Reports from laboratories shall
				include the patient's name, address, telephone number, date of birth, sex, race
				and ethnicity; the name of the person or agency submitting the specimen for
				testing; the specimen source and date of specimen collection; the date of
				result, name of the test, test result, normal value or range; and the name,
				address, phone and fax number of the laboratory. Conditions to be reported
				include:
11.1.a. Adenovirus, laboratory
				evidence of acute infection;
11.1.b. Enterovirus (non-polio), laboratory
				evidence of acute infection;
11.1.c. Human metapneumovirus, laboratory
				evidence of acute infection;
11.1.d. Influenza, laboratory evidence of
				acute infection, including type and subtype, as available;
11.1.e. Parainfluenza virus, laboratory
				evidence of acute infection;
11.1.f. Respiratory syncitial virus,
				laboratory evidence of acute infection; and
11.1.g. Rotavirus, laboratory evidence of
				acute infection.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-12 - Syndromic Surveillance

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12.1.
				The Commissioner shall develop a syndromic surveillance system consistent with
				International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) guidelines. The purpose
				of the surveillance system is to detect changes in the occurrence of disease in
				the population, especially as a result of a disease outbreak or other public
				health emergency, disaster or special event. When the surveillance system is
				implemented, emergency rooms and urgent care facilities shall transmit data
				electronically on a schedule determined by the Commissioner, taking into
				consideration the capacity of the facility to electronically report the data
				elements, the funding available for implementation, and other relevant factors,
				including improved efficiencies and resulting benefits to the reporting
				facility.
12.2. When the syndromic
				surveillance system is determined to be functional by the Commissioner,
				emergency rooms and urgent care facilities in the state shall report daily all
				data elements for each registered patient visit as required by the
				Commissioner.
12.3. The
				Commissioner shall publish detailed instructions for emergency departments and
				urgent care facilities on the required reporting as part of the Reportable
				Disease Protocol Manual, available online at:
www.dide.wv.gov
. The instructions shall contain
				information on:
12.3.a. A full description of
				required data elements;
12.3.b.
				Electronic transmission standards;
12.3.c. The transmission schedule;
				and
12.3.d. The surveillance
				objectives and other information related to the purpose of the surveillance
				system and the intended uses of the data.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-13 - Deaths from Reportable Diseases and Conditions; Reportable Diseases and Conditions Diagnosed After Death

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13.1. Upon receipt of any death certificate
				showing a reportable disease or condition, the State registrar of vital
				statistics shall send a copy of the death certificate to WVEDSS. The State
				registrar shall report all deaths due to diseases listed in this rule to the
				Bureau.
13.3. If a pathologist,
				coroner, medical examiner, physician, other health care provider, or other
				individual investigating the cause of death determines from the examination of
				a corpse or from a history of the events leading to death, that at the time of
				death, the decedent had a disease or condition required to be reported by this
				rule, he or she shall report the case promptly as required by this rule as if
				the diagnosis had been established prior to death.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-14 - Persons, Facilities, and Laboratories Required to Report; Other Related Responsibilities

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14.1. Health Care Providers and health care
				facilities.
14.1.a. Any health care provider
				who or health care facility which suspects, diagnoses, or cares for a patient
				with a disease or condition listed in this rule shall:
14.1.a.1. Report the disease or condition as
				required by this rule;
14.1.a.2.
				Assist public health officials in appropriate case and outbreak investigation
				and management and in any necessary contact investigation and
				management;
14.1.a.3. Make every
				effort to submit the specimens identified in protocols specified by the
				Commissioner to establish an accurate diagnosis of the disease or condition to
				a laboratory approved by the Commissioner;
14.1.a.4. If the disease or condition is
				communicable, advise, in consultation with State and local public health
				officials, the patient, and as necessary, members of the patient's household
				and other patient contacts regarding the precautions to be taken to prevent
				further spread of the disease. In cases of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV,
				and tuberculosis, the Bureaure commends that health care providers and health
				care facilities refer contact notification activities to the STD/HIV/TB program
				and local health departments for tuberculosis rather than attempt to accomplish
				the notification themselves;
14.1.a.5. Follow a method of control
				specified by the Commissioner in established protocols in the West Virginia
				Reportable Diseases Protocol Manual (available online at
www.dide.wv.gov
), or by methods developed
				in consultation with the Commissioner;
14.1.a.6. Assist the Commissioner or the
				local health officer by promoting implementation of the control method for the
				disease or condition specified in the protocol with the patient, and, as
				applicable, members of the patient's household, facility staff, and other
				involved individuals; and
14.1.a.7.
				Assist the Commissioner or local health officer in ruling out previously
				reported cases of infectious disease by submitting copies of negative
				laboratory tests of medical evaluations.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-15 - Distribution of Rule

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The Bureau and health care professional licensing boards and
				  agencies may distribute this rule to licensed health care professionals who
				  have a duty under this rule. Local health departments may copy and distribute
				  this rule to local health care providers at no cost. The rule is also available
				  online from the Secretary of State's office at
www.wvsos.com
.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-16 - Responsibilities of Local Health Officers

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16.1. Local health officers shall comply with
				the requirements of this rule.
16.2. Local health officers shall annually
				notify health care providers, facilities and laboratories in their jurisdiction
				of the reporting requirements in this rule. Local health officers shall
				annually notify veterinarians, animal control officers, humane shelters and
				other persons of their responsibility for reporting animal bites and related
				potential rabies exposures under this rule.
16.3. Local health officers shall maintain a
				record of the information they collect and the reports they make pursuant to
				this rule according to the record retention schedule for the local health
				department. They shall give the information and reports to their
				successor.
16.4. Upon receipt of a
				reportable disease or condition report, a local health officer shall:
16.4.a. As circumstances require, investigate
				the source of the disease or condition, identify contacts, look for undetected
				and unreported cases, and implement the prevention and control methods
				specified by the protocols in the West Virginia Reportable Diseases Protocol
				Manual (available online at
www.dide.wv.gov
), or developed in consultation
				with the Commissioner;
16.4.b. Act
				in accordance with the protocols established by the Commissioner in the West
				Virginia Reportable Diseases Protocol Manual (available online at
www.dide.wv.gov
), or recommendations
				developed in consultation with the Commissioner;
16.4.c. Determine if required specimens have
				been collected and submitted; and if not, arrange for collection and submission
				of the necessary specimens to investigate the case, determine the source of the
				infection, and identify infection of contacts, as necessary. Local health
				officers shall submit specimens to the Bureau laboratory or other laboratory
				approved by the Commissioner;
16.4.d. Give the patient, those persons
				caring for the patient, household members, and other contacts instructions and
				advice necessary to prevent the spread of the disease or condition;
				and
16.4.e. Report any disease or
				condition listed in this rule to the Bureau within the time frame specified in
				each category.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-17 - Management of Undiagnosed Diseases or Conditions Suggesting a Reportable Disease or Condition

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When presenting symptoms of an undiagnosed disease or
				  condition suggest a reportable disease, outbreak or condition, the local health
				  officer may initiate and enforce control methods appropriate for the suggested
				  reportable disease or condition until a definitive diagnosis is established. If
				  the disease diagnosed does not require the control measures initiated, then
				  these measures shall be terminated immediately.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-18 - Disputed Diagnoses of Reportable Diseases or Conditions

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When doubt exists as to the diagnosis of a submitted
				  reportable disease or condition, the local health officer may enforce the
				  protocol and methods of control established by the Commissioner for the
				  suspected disease, outbreak or condition and shall simultaneously notify the
				  Commissioner of the case. If the Commissioner judges it necessary, he or she
				  shall consult or assist with any investigation needed to make a final
				  decision.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-19 - Designation of Diseases as Sexually Transmittable

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As allowed under W. Va. Code §
									16-4-1
				  and for the purposes of treatment under W. Va. Code §
									16-4-10, the
				  following diseases are designated as potentially sexually transmittable:
				  chlamydia trachomatis, gonorrhea, herpes simplex virus type 2, syphilis (all
				  stages), chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, human immunodeficiency virus,
				  hepatitis B virus, and any other diseases the Commissioner determines sexually
				  transmittable, by order filed with the Secretary of State. The Commissioner
				  may, by order filed with the Secretary of State, also remove the designation of
				  diseases he or she has, by order, previously designated.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-21 - Isolation, Quarantine and Placarding

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21.1. The authority to implement and
				terminate quarantine or placarding to prevent spread of a communicable disease
				or to protect the public from other health hazards rests with the Commissioner.
				This authority extends to local health officers when they are following
				protocols established by the Commissioner for management of reportable diseases
				and conditions, or established following consultation with the Commissioner for
				these or other health risks.
21.2
				When an individual or a group of individuals is suffering from a communicable
				disease for which isolation is required for the control of the disease, the
				local health officer may initiate and terminate the necessary isolation, unless
				the person is in a hospital, nursing home, or other institution. In these
				cases, the attending physician or other responsible health care provider within
				the institution shall assume responsibility for isolation and its
				termination.
21.3. No person shall
				interfere with or obstruct any local health officer in the posting of any
				placard used to prevent transmission of a communicable disease or exposure to
				another health hazard. In addition, no person shall conceal, mutilate or remove
				any placard, except by permission of the local health officer.
21.4. In the event a placard is concealed,
				mutilated or torn down, the occupant or, if there is no occupant, the owner of
				the premises where the placard was posted shall notify the local health officer
				of the fact immediately upon discovery.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-22 - Exclusion from School Due to a Communicable Disease; Readmission

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22.1. When a pupil
				or school personnel member suffers from a communicable disease potentially
				placing other students or school personnel at risk of disease, the individual
				may be excluded from school by the local health officer, the individual's
				physician, or the school administrator acting in accordance with the Department
				of Education rule, "Communicable Disease Control Policy", 126CSR51.
22.2. When a pupil or school personnel member
				has been excluded from school due to a communicable disease, the individual may
				return upon presentation of a certificate of health to school officials from a
				physician, local health officer or his or her authorized representative stating
				that the individual is no longer liable to transmit the disease to others. The
				return is subject to compliance with the Department of Education rule,
				"Communicable Disease Control Policy", 126CSR51.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-23 - Examination and Training of Food Service Workers

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23.1. Food service management training or
				workers' training may be provided by the local health departments at the
				discretion of the local health officer.
23.2. Food service management training
				courses shall satisfy the local health officer that the training of management
				personnel will result in suitable training for the other food service workers
				within that particular food service establishment.
23.3. For the protection of the public, the
				local health officer may advise a medical examination of a food service worker
				by a physician approved by the local health officer. In addition, the local
				health officer may exclude the individual from specific work activities until
				the exam is completed and the individual no longer presents a threat to public
				health.
23.4. The local health
				officer may require any laboratory examinations necessary to detect any
				condition in the food service worker or in the food service facility in which
				the worker is working, whether or not for compensation, which might constitute
				a hazard to the public's health.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-24 - Penalties

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24.1. Any person
				who is subject to the provisions of this rule who fails to report a disease or
				condition as required by this rule or otherwise fails to act in accordance with
				this rule is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
				fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), as provided under W. Va. Code
				§
									16-1-18.
				Each violation is considered a separate offense.
24.2. Any local health officer who fails or
				neglects to appropriately investigate cases or suspected cases of reportable
				diseases or other public health threats reported to him or her by any
				physician, health care provider or other person, within a reasonable period of
				time after the receipt of the report, is guilty of neglect of duty and may, at
				the discretion of the Commissioner, be removed from office in accordance with
				W.Va. Code §§
									16-2-4
				or 16-2A-8.
24.3. A local health
				officer who fails to make the immediate or weekly reports required by this rule
				in the manner specified by the Commissioner is guilty of neglect of duty and
				may at the discretion of the Commissioner, be removed from his or her office
				according to the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									16-2-12.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-07 - Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions › Section 64-7-25 - Administrative Due Process

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Those persons adversely affected by the enforcement of this
				  rule desiring a contested case hearing to determine any rights, duties,
				  interests or privileges shall do so in a manner prescribed in the Bureau
				  procedural rule, Rules of Procedure for Contested Case Hearings and Declaratory
				  Rulings, 64CSR1.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. --
				These legislative rules establish the method of testing and approving
				laboratories for syphilis serology by the West Virginia department of
				health.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code ''16-1-7-6 and 48-1-6a.
1.3.
				Filing Date. -- April 8, 1983.
1.4.
				Effective Date. -- May 9, 1983.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-2 - Supersession and Repeal of Former Regulations

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2.1. These legislative rules supersede and
				repeal the West Virginia Board of Health Regulations Chapter 4, Article 2
				"Approval of Laboratories in West Virginia for Syphilis Serology.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-3 - Application and Enforcement

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3.1.
				Application - These legislative rules apply to all laboratories seeking
				certification under Premarital, Prenatal or Barber/Beautician Laws for syphilis
				serology by the West Virginia department of health.
3.2. Enforcement - Enforcement of these
				legislative rules is vested with the director of the West Virginia department
				of health or his lawful designee.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-4 - Laboratories Eligible for Approval by the West Virginia Department of Health

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4.1. Reports of
				official laboratories of State, Territorial and District of Columbia Health
				Departments and those approved by State, Territorial and District of Columbia
				Health Departments shall be honored, and also reports of official laboratories
				of the United States Military Service and the Public Health Service.
4.2. Except for the aforementioned
				laboratories, a laboratory seeking approval shall:
4.2.1. be located in West Virginia;
4.2.2. show that it complies with Reportable
				Diseases, West Virginia Department of Health Legislative Rules, Series 7; and
				Requirement for Laboratories to Report Positive or Reactive Serologic and Other
				Tests for Syphilis and Positive Laboratory Examinations for Neisseria Gonorrhea
				to the West Virginia Department of Health, West Virginia Department of Health
				Legislative Rules, Series 6.
4.2.3.
				complete director qualification, personnel qualification, and agreement forms
				when a laboratory requests approval for the first time or when there is a
				change in laboratory director;
4.2.4. maintain adequate apparatus and
				reagents for tests for which approval is requested;
4.2.5. send its request for approval to the
				West Virginia department of health well in advance of future yearly testing
				periods;
4.2.6. meet the accuracy
				standards of these regulations (Section 6).
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-5 - Proficiency Surveys and Duration of Certificates of Approval

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5.1. A proficiency
				survey is defined as a series of specimens sent to a laboratory for the purpose
				of appraising the accuracy of its results.
5.2. The opening date of the annual proficiency survey shall be
				set by the West Virginia department of health; laboratories in West Virginia
				shall be notified in advance of the approximate opening date.
5.3. A Certificate of Approval shall be
				issued to a laboratory which satisfactorily completes the required proficiency
				survey in accordance with these regulations. The certificate shall be in effect
				to the end of the calendar year following the year in which the proficiency
				survey was completed.
5.4. Each
				certificate shall be issued to a specific laboratory for a specific period of
				time, and shall list the name of the tests approved. It shall bear the name and
				address of the laboratory to which it is issued and the name of its director. A
				certificate shall be void if there is a change in laboratory director,
				laboratory location or change in testing procedure or technique; or unethical
				practice as determined by the West Virginia board of health.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-6 - Sensitivity and Specificity Standards for Approval

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6.1. A Certificate of Approval shall be
				granted by the West Virginia department of health to a laboratory which in a
				proficiency survey demonstrates a reasonable approximation to American
				Standards on sensitivity and specificity with a standard serologic test for
				syphilis.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-7 - Agreement of Laboratory for Approval of Serologic Tests for Syphilis

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7.1. Laboratories
				in West Virginia seeking approval of serologic tests for syphilis shall submit
				an agreement form to the West Virginia department of health on forms supplied
				by the West Virginia department of health for that purpose.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-8 - Administrative Due Process

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8.1. Those
				persons adversely affected by the enforcement of these legislative rules
				desiring a contested case hearing to determine any rights, duties, interests or
				privileges shall do so in a manner prescribed in the Rules of Procedure for
				Contested Case Hearings and Declaratory Rulings, West Virginia Department of
				Health Procedural Rules, Series 1, 1983. The aforementioned procedural rules
				are incorporated herein by reference.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-08 - Cross Connection And Backflow Prevention Regulations › Section 64-8-9 - Severability

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9.1. If any
				provisions of these rules or the application thereof to any person or
				circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity thereof shall not affect
				the provisions or application of these rules which can be given effect without
				the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of these
				rules are declared to be severable.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-09 - Sewage Systems › Section 64-9-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. -- This
				legislative rule establishes minimum requirements for sewer systems, sewage
				treatment or disposal plants which serve public sewer systems, and the
				certification of sewage tank installers.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code '16-1-7.
1.3. Filing Date. -- March 30,
				1998.
1.4. Effective Date. -- May
				1, 1998.
1.5. This rule amends,
				retitles and reenacts Sewage System Rules, 64 CSR 9, effective May 12,
				1983.
1.6. Application. -- This
				rule applies to all sewer systems in West Virginia; to sewage treatment or
				disposal plants which serve public sewer systems; and persons who engage in the
				business of installing, collecting, removing, transporting, or disposing of the
				contents of sewage tanks.
1.7.
				Enforcement. -- This rule is enforced by the director of the West Virginia
				division of health.[1]
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-09 - Sewage Systems › Section 64-9-3 - General Requirements

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3.1.
				The owner or his or her authorized agent shall obtain a permit for a sewer
				system prior to the construction or installation of any dwelling or
				establishment which will require a sewer system. Where subsurface discharge
				systems are used, there shall be sufficient area to install the initial system
				and a suitable replacement area.
3.2. Every dwelling or establishment whether
				publicly or privately owned, where persons reside, assemble, or are employed,
				shall be provided with toilet facilities, and a sewer system approved by the
				director.
3.3. It is the duty of
				the owner of the dwelling or establishment to provide toilet facilities and a
				sewer system approved by the director.
3.4. When, upon investigation, the director
				finds a person is constructing, installing, extend­ing, altering,
				maintaining or operating a toilet facility or sewer system which does not
				comply with applicable provisions of this rule, the person shall be notified of
				the fact in writing, and if said person shall fail to abate or correct the
				condition within a period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days after the
				receipt of the written notice, said person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
				and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished according to the penalty set
				forth.
3.5. All sewer systems shall
				be designed, constructed, installed, maintained and operated in such a manner
				that excreta or sewage contained therein or effluent discharged therefrom:
3.5.a. Not create a health hazard affecting
				the public; and
3.5.b. Shall not
				violate any federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations governing water
				pollution or sewage disposal.