N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.9

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

Section 8:57-1.9 - Reporting of diseases by health officers

(a) A health officer who is notified of the existence of any disease or illness listed in 8:57-1.5(a) or laboratory report listed in 8:57-1.7(a) shall immediately notify 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.

(b) A health officer who is notified of the existence of any disease or illness listed in 8:57-1.5 or laboratory report listed in 8:57-1.7 shall, within 24 hours of receipt of the report, forward the information to the Department via electronic reporting.

1. If the initial report is incomplete, the health officer shall seek complete information and shall provide all available information to the Department within five working days of receiving the initial report.

2. The health officer may substitute reporting by mail upon approval of the Department for equipment failure or other circumstances, which prevent electronic communications with the Department.

(c) A health officer who is notified of the existence of any disease or illness listed in 8:57-1.5 or laboratory report listed in 8:57-1.7, which is not within that health officer's jurisdiction shall immediately notify the health officer in whose jurisdiction the disease or illness is believed to have been contracted and the health officer in whose jurisdiction the home address of the ill or affected person is located.

1. If either of the above health jurisdictions are not located in New Jersey, the health officer shall forward this information 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.

(d) A health officer may delegate reporting requirements to a staff member, but this delegation shall not relieve the health officer of the ultimate reporting responsibility.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-1.9

New Rule, R.1990 d.243, effective 6/4/1990, operative September 1, 1990 (provisions of (a), (c), (d), (f) and (g) only).
See: 21 N.J.R. 3897(a), 22 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Amended by R.1990 d.243, effective 6/4/1990.
See: 21 N.J.R. 3897(a), 22 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Text on isolation and restriction for communicable diseases recodified to 1.10; text on reporting of diseases by health officers recodified from 1.6 with reporting requirements added at (a) and new (d) and (e) added.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.8 and amended by R.2003 d. 412, effective 10/20/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 3945(a), 35 N.J.R. 4883(b).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.7, Reporting of disease outbreaks occuring in institutions and schools, repealed. Amended NJAC reference.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.7 and amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.9, Isolation and restrictions for communicable disease, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.11.

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