Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Chapter 246-101 - Notifiable conditions › Part VIII - NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Section 246-101-805 - Duties-Department of agriculture

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  For the purposes of this section, "new, emerging, or unusual animal diseases or
				  disease clusters with potential public health significance" means zoonotic or
				  potentially zoonotic diseases in animals that have never or rarely been
				  observed in Washington state (new or emerging); or appear in a new species or
				  show evidence of higher pathogenicity than expected (unusual); or appear in a
				  higher than expected number of animals clustered in time or space
				  (cluster).
(2) The department of
				  agriculture shall:
(a) Submit an individual
				  animal case report for each animal case of a condition identified in Table
				  Agriculture-1 to the department immediately upon being notified of the animal
				  case using secure electronic data transmission under this table and this
				  chapter.
(b) Call the department
				  and confirm receipt immediately after submitting an animal case report for the
				  following conditions:
(i) Anthrax
				  (
Bacillus anthracis
or
Bacillus cereus
biovar
anthracis
);
(ii)
				  Coronavirus infection (SARS-associated coronavirus, MERS-associated
				  coronavirus, and Novel coronavirus (COVID-19;
(iii) Influenza virus in swine, influenza H5
				  and H7 (avian);
(iv) Livestock
				  exposed to toxic substances which may threaten public health;
(v) Plague (
Yersinia
				  pestis
);
(vi) Rabies
				  (suspected human or animal);
(vii)
				  Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy; and
(viii) Tularemia (
Francisella
				  tularensis
).
Table Agriculture-1 (Conditions Notifiable by the
					 Department of Agriculture)
Notifiable Condition (Agent)
Anthrax (
Bacillus anthracis
or
B. cereus
biovar
anthracis
)
Arboviral Diseases California serogroup Chikungunya
								Dengue Eastern equine encephalitis
Notifiable Condition (Agent)
Japanese encephalitis La Crosse encephalitis
								Powassan St. Louis encephalitis Western equine encephalitis West Nile virus
								Zika
Brucellosis (
Brucella
species)
Coccidioidomycosis (
Coccidioides
species)
Coronavirus infection SARS-associated coronavirus
								MERS-associated coronavirus Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
Cryptococcus gattii
or
								undifferentiated
Cryptococcus
species (i.e.,
Cryptococcus
not identified as C.
neoformans
)
Cysticercosis (
Taenia
								solium
)
Echinococcosis (
Echinococcus
species)
Ehrlichiosis (
Ehrlichia
species)
Glanders (
Burkholderia
								mallei
)
Influenza virus in swine, influenza H5 and H7
								(avian)
Leptospirosis (
Leptospira
species)
Livestock exposed to toxic substances which may
								threaten public health
Psittacosis (
Chlamydia
								psittaci
)
Plague (
Yersinia
								pestis
)
Q Fever (
Coxiella
								burnettii
)
Rabies (suspected human or animal)
Shiga toxin-producing
E. coli
infections/enterohemorrhagic
E. coli
infections
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
Trichinosis (
Trichinella
								spiralis
)
Tuberculosis
Tularemia (
Francisella
								tularensis
)
Vancomycin-resistant (
Staphylococcus
								aureus
)
Zoonotic Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
New, emerging, or unusual animal diseases or
								disease clusters with potential public health significance.