Section 27.42a. Reporting by local morbidity reporting offices of completed case investigations

An LMRO that is not one of the Department’s district offices shall submit, on a weekly basis, a case investigation report of the information from each case investigation which has resulted in confirmation of the incidence of a reportable disease, infection or condition. The report shall be submitted to the appropriate Department office as follows in a format and within the length of time set forth in this chapter:

(1) AIDS. To the HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology.

(2) Chickenpox, diphtheria, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, rubella, and tetanus. To the Division of Immunizations, Bureau of Communicable Diseases.

(3) Chancroid, chlamydia trachomatis infections, gonococcal infections, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, syphilis and tuberculosis. To the Division of Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bureau of Communicable Diseases.

(4) Other reportable diseases and conditions. To the Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology.

The provisions of this § 27.42a adopted January 25, 2002, effective January 26, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 491.