Health, Department of

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Effective Date: 10/22/2001 to Current

Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 048.0051.2.10222001

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

CHAPTER 2

Reporting Procedures

Section 1. Disease List. W.S. 35-4-130 declares Sexually Transmitted Diseases to be contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to public health. A current listing of time based reportable diseases may be obtained from the office of the State Health Officer, State Epidemiologist, state Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program or State HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases include the following (a through e):

1. (a) AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
2. (b) Chlamydia - Chlamydia trachomatis
3. (c) Gonorrhea - Neisseria gonorrhoeae
4. (d) HIV Infection - Human Immune Deficiency Virus
5. (e) Syphilis - Treponema pallidum

Section 2. Reporting Required.

(a) The following is a list of individuals and facilities which have an independent duty to report the occurrence of sexually transmitted disease:

1. (i) A physician or other health care provider diagnosing or treating a case of sexually transmitted disease;
2. (ii) The administrator of a health care facility or penal institution in which there is a case of a sexually transmitted disease;
3. (iii) The administrator or operator of a laboratory performing a positive test for sexually transmitted disease.

Section 3. Reporting Procedures/Methods.

(a) The physician must report or cause a report to be made using an official State Disease Case Report, a report via telephone, or a report via secured fax.

(b) The administrator of a health care facility or penal institution must report or cause a report to be made of the diagnosis or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease..

(c) The administrator or operator of a laboratory must report or cause a report to be made of test findings for reportable sexually transmitted diseases.

(d) Any physician or other health care provider and any administrator or operator of a health care facility or laboratory or penal institution reporting a diagnosis or positive test result pursuant to W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 shall notify any health care employee and/or health care professional reasonably expected to be at risk of exposure to a dangerous or life-threatening sexually transmitted disease, e.g., HIV/AIDS, who is involved in the supervision, care, and treatment of an individual infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a dangerous life-threatening sexually transmitted disease.

(i) Notification shall be verbal.

(ii) Notification shall take place within 24 hours or as soon as possible.

Section 4. Submission of Reports. All sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS reports made by the physician or other health care provider, administrator of a hospital, director or supervisor of a laboratory facility, dispensary or penal institution, or any other health care facility shall be forwarded to:

Wyoming Department of Health Preventive Health and Safety Division Epidemiology Section Hathaway Building, 4th Floor Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

Fax: (307) 777-5573 Phone: (307) 777-3593

All written reports mailed utilizing a mail carrier shall be in an envelope marked “CONFIDENTIAL”.

Section 5. Report Forms. Reporting forms may be obtained from the Wyoming Department of Health, Epidemiology Section.