25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.4
When to Report a Condition or Isolate
Effective Apr 3, 201641 TexReg 2317Source Note: The provisions of this §97.4 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453; amended to be effective July 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 6622; amended to be effective March 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 1954; amended to be effective January 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 12663; amended to be effective December 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 12426; amended to be effective August 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 5658; amended to be effective December 12, 2002, 27 TexReg 11547; amended to be effective June 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 2997; amenTexas Secretary of State
(a) Humans.
- (1) The following notifiable conditions are public health emergencies and suspect cases shall be reported immediately by phone to the local health authority or the regional director of the Department of State Health Services (department): anthrax; botulism; diphtheria; measles (rubeola); meningococcal infection, invasive; novel coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory disease; novel influenza; poliomyelitis, acute paralytic; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; viral hemorrhagic fever; yellow fever; and any outbreak, exotic disease, or unusual group expression of disease that may be of public health concern. Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) shall be reported immediately by phone to the Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Branch, Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas at (888) 963-7111.
- (2) The following notifiable conditions shall be reported within one working day of identification as a suspected case: brucellosis; carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE); hepatitis A, acute; hepatitis B, perinatal infection; influenza-associated pediatric mortality; multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter (MDR-A) species; pertussis; poliovirus infection, non-paralytic; Q fever; rubella (including congenital); tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex); and Vibrio infection (including cholera).
- (3) AIDS, chancroid, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, gonorrhea, HIV infection, and syphilis shall be reported in accordance with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)).
- (4) Tuberculosis antibiotic susceptibility results should be reported by laboratories no later than one week after they first become available.
- (5) For all other notifiable conditions not listed in paragraphs (1) - (3) of this subsection, reports of disease shall be made no later than one week after a case or suspected case is identified including TB infection.
- (6) All diseases requiring submission of cultures in §97.3(a)(4) of this title (relating to What Condition to Report and What Isolates to Report or Submit) shall be submitted as they become available.
- (b) Animals. Reportable conditions affecting animals shall be reported within one working day following the diagnosis.
Source Note:The provisions of this §97.4 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453; amended to be effective July 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 6622; amended to be effective March 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 1954; amended to be effective January 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 12663; amended to be effective December 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 12426; amended to be effective August 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 5658; amended to be effective December 12, 2002, 27 TexReg 11547; amended to be effective June 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 2997; amended to be effective December 20, 2012, 37 TexReg 9777; amended to be effective April 20, 2014, 39 TexReg 2853; amended to be effective April 3, 2016,41 TexReg 2317.