- (a) It shall be the duty of every physician, practitioner, nurse, every superintendent or manager of a dispensary, hospital, clinic, nursing or extended care home, any clinical or private laboratory, any person in attendance on a case of any of the diseases or conditions declared notifiable, or the local health department to report the disease or condition to the Department of Health as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
- (b) Any person who determines by laboratory examination that a specimen derived from the human body yields evidence suggestive of a reportable disease shall report microscopical, cultural, or other evidence of the presence of any of the diseases declared notifiable within twenty-four (24) hours to the Department of Health as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
- (c) It shall be the duty of every superintendent of a public school district or such person or persons designated by the superintendent of the public school district to report immediately to the Department of Health any outbreak of three (3) or more cases of any of the conditions declared notifiable as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(d) Each report made under this section, or as provided in this part, shall be made utilizing one of the following methods:
- (1) The preferred electronic reporting portal using the HL7 feed or other reporting portal provided by the Department of Health;
- (2) Direct calls, preferred for unusual cases or cluster information, to 1-501-280-4115 during the normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. central standard time, or to 1-800-554-5738 outside normal business hours, with the information available as provided in the Surveillance Reporting Form as provided herein; or
- (3) Faxes using the Surveillance Reporting Form herein along with any pertinent lab information and notes to 1-501-661-2428.
- (e) The Surveillance Reporting Form may be found at https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/CommunicableDiseaseReportingForm.pdf.