N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:57-1.6 - Method of reporting and content of report

(a) Health care providers and administrators shall immediately report by telephone the information set forth at (c) and (d) below on confirmed and suspected cases of immediately reportable communicable diseases set forth in 8:57-1.5(a) to the health officer of the jurisdiction where the ill or infected person lives, or if unknown, wherein the diagnosis is made, except that health care providers and administrators shall report ill or infected persons in State-owned institutions, such as State correctional facilities, directly to the Department.

1. If the health officer is unavailable, the health care provider or administrator shall make the report to the Department by telephone to 609-588-7500, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on non-holiday weekdays or to 609-392-2020 during all other days and hours.

2. Health care providers and administrators may use the Directory of Local Health Departments in New Jersey to locate health officers and local health departments in New Jersey.

i. The Directory of Local Health Departments in New Jersey is written and published by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Public Health Infrastructure and is available by written request to the Office of Public Health Infrastructure, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 or online through the Department's web page at http://www.state.nj.us/health/lh/lhdirectory.pdf.

(b) Health care providers and administrators shall report by mail or by electronic reporting within 24 hours of diagnosis, the information set forth in (c) below on confirmed cases of reportable communicable diseases set forth in 8:57-1.5(b) to the health officer of the jurisdiction where the ill or infected person lives, or if unknown, wherein the diagnosis is made, except that health care providers and administrators shall report persons with hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis and all persons in State-owned institutions, such as State correctional facilities, directly to the Department.

1. If the health officer is unavailable, the health care provider or administrator shall make the report to the Department by telephone to 609-588-7500, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on non-holiday weekdays or to 609-392-2020 during all other days and hours.

2. Health care providers and administrators may use the Directory of Local Health Departments in New Jersey to locate health officers and local health departments in New Jersey.

3. Health care providers and administrators may mail reports to the Department at the following address: Communicable Disease Service, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 369, Trenton, NJ 08625-0369.

(c) The disease report set forth at (a) and (b) above shall include:

1. The name of the disease;

2. The name, age, date of birth, gender, race, ethnicity, home address and telephone number of the person who is ill or infected with such disease;

3. The date of onset of illness;

4. The name, address, institution, and telephone number of the reporting health care provider or administrator;

5. Clinical laboratory data, which support the diagnosis;

6. Any treatment provided (for sexually transmitted diseases only); and

7. Such other information as the Department requires concerning a specific disease.

(d) In addition to the information set forth at (c) above, outbreak reports shall include:

1. The name, municipality, and telephone number of the location where the outbreak occurred;

2. The number ill;

3. A description of symptoms;

4. Pertinent medical history and available diagnostic confirmation; and

5. Such other information as may be requested by the health officer or the Department concerning a specific disease.

(e) Health care providers and administrators shall immediately report to the Department all cases of persons who harbor or are suspected of harboring any illness or health condition that may be reasonably believed to be a potential cause of a public health emergency as set forth in the Emergency Health Powers Act, 26:13-4.

1. Health care providers and administrators shall make reports to the Department by telephone to 609-588-7500, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on non-holiday weekdays or to 609-392-2020 during all other days and hours.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.6

Amended by R.1990 d.243, effective 6/4/1990.
See: 21 N.J.R. 3897(a), 22 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Text of 1.5, reporting of diseases occurring in schools, recodified to 1.6, text on reporting of diseases occurring in institutions recodified from 1.4 with the addition of homeless shelter, STD and tuberculosis requirements; and new text at (d) through (g). Provisions of (e) operative January 1, 1991.
Amended by R.1999 d.305, effective 9/7/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 987(b), 31 N.J.R. 2617(a).
Inserted (a)16.
Repeal and New Rule, R.2003 d.412, effective 10/20/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 3945(a), 35 N.J.R. 4883(b).
Section was "Reporting of diseases from hospitals".
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.5 and amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
Section was "Content of report". Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.6, Reporting of positive laboratory results denoting diseases, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.7.

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