Local health departments shall:
(1) Notify the department immediately by telephone or secure electronic data transmission of any notification of a case or suspected case of:
(a) Botulism;
(b) Cholera;
(c) Disease of suspected bioterrorism origin (examples: Anthrax, plague, smallpox);
(d) Hemolytic uremic syndrome;
(e) Measles;
(f) Paralytic shellfish poisoning;
(g) Poliomyelitis; and
(h) Unexplained critical illness or death.
(2) Immediate notifications of cases and suspected cases must include:
(a) Name;
(b) Condition; and
(c) Onset date.
(3) Notify the department immediately by telephone or secure electronic data transmission of any notification of an outbreak or suspected outbreak of foodborne or waterborne or other communicable disease.
(4) For outbreaks or suspected outbreaks of foodborne or waterborne disease, notifications must include:
(a) Organism or suspected organism;
(b) Source or suspected source; and
(c) Number of persons affected.
(5) Submit a written case report either on a form provided by the department or in a format approved by the department for each case of any condition notifiable to the local health department, except animal bites, within seven days of completing the case investigation. The department may waive this requirement if telephone or secure electronic data transmission provided pertinent information.
(6) Local health officials will report asymptomatic HIV infection cases to the department according to a standard code developed by the department.
(7) For any case not immediately notifiable to the department forward pertinent information collected on the case investigation for each case of any condition notifiable to the local health department to the department if the case investigation is not complete within twenty-one days of notification, including:
(a) Name;
(b) Condition or suspected condition;
(c) Source or suspected source; and
(d) Onset date.
(8) Submit a written report on forms provided by the department or in a format approved by the department for an outbreak of any notifiable condition within seven days of completing the investigation. The department may waive this requirement if telephone or secure electronic data transmission provided pertinent information.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.24.125 and 70.28.010. 00-23-120, § 246-101-510, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]