Section 11-164.2-10 - Reports to the department by practitioners, individuals in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory directors, and infection control officers(a) Any practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer who makes a diagnosis of TB disease or identifies a person suspected of having TB disease shall report this to the department using the Notifiable Disease Report for Tuberculosis (NDR-TB). The practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer shall complete and submit the NDR-TB within seventy-two hours after the diagnosis or identification is made. Instructions for completing and submitting the NDR-TB to the department are included in the DOH TB Clearance Manual, referenced in section 11-164.2-13.(b) Any practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer providing treatment for TB disease shall provide the department a follow-up report using the department's Tuberculosis Case Follow-Up Report every sixty days until treatment is completed. The Tuberculosis Case Follow-Up Report form is included in DOH TB Clearance Manual, referenced in section 11-164.2-13.(c) If any of the information required by the Notifiable Disease Report for Tuberculosis or the Tuberculosis Case Follow-Up Report is unknown to the practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer at the time of the report, the practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer shall submit the required report with the information available at the time, and provide follow-up information as it becomes available. (d) Any practitioner, individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, laboratory director, or infection control officer providing treatment for TB disease shall provide the department information related to the diagnosis pursuant to section 325-71, HRS.(e) Any laboratory identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis shall submit a report to the department pursuant to section 325-71, HRS.Haw. Code R. § 11-164.2-10
[Eff 3/17/2018] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 325-13) (Imp: HRS §§321-1, 321-9, 325-2, 325-71)