N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:57-1.1 - Purpose and scope

(a) The rules are designed to promote the identification and reporting of specified communicable diseases so that public health officials can take appropriate action to prevent the further spread of those diseases to other persons and thereby preserve, maintain, or improve the public health.

(b) This subchapter establishes requirements for:

1. Reporting of communicable diseases by physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, health officers, veterinarians, certified animal control officers, managers of animal facilities, and administrators of health care facilities, correctional facilities, youth camps, child care centers, preschools, schools and institutions of higher education;

2. Reporting of laboratory tests indicative of communicable diseases by clinical laboratory directors; and

3. Specimen submission of isolates of communicable disease organisms by clinical laboratory directors.

(c) This subchapter also covers investigation requirements and regulatory actions to be taken by the local health officer or the Department when notified of a communicable disease, isolation and quarantine restrictions, medical examination and specimen submission requirements that may be placed upon a person ill with a communicable disease, restrictions that may be placed upon a foodhandler ill or infected with a communicable disease, and requirements for confidentiality and enforcement.

(d) The Commissioner may amend the reportable communicable diseases specified at 8:57-1.5, 1.7 and 1.8 for such periods of time as may be necessary to control disease, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq. for purposes of research, surveillance, and/or in response to technological developments in disease detection or control.

(e) The Commissioner may amend any provision of this chapter during a public health emergency by order of the Commissioner pursuant to the Emergency Health Powers Act, 26:13-1 et seq.

1. The Department will provide public notice of any amendment made pursuant to (e) above through the New Jersey Local Information Network and Communications System (NJLINCS).

(f) The Department's Communicable Disease Service is a public health entity with public health oversight functions pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 CFR 164.501 and 512(b), referred to as HIPAA.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.1

Amended by R.1990 d.243, effective 6/4/1990.
See: 21 N.J.R. 3897(a), 22 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Purpose and scope text separated from Foreword; balance of Foreword deleted.
Repeal and New Rule, R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
Section was "Purpose and scope".

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available