N.J. Admin. Code § 8:58-1.5

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

Section 8:58-1.5 - Health care provider reporting of occupational and environmental diseases, injuries, and poisonings

(a) A health care provider who diagnoses a person as having a disease, injury, or poisoning that (b), (c), or (d) below identify shall complete the Occupational Disease, Injury, or Poisoning Report by Health Care Provider form with respect to the patient and submit the completed form to the Occupational Health Surveillance Unit within 30 days of making the diagnosis.

(b) The following diseases and conditions are reportable pursuant to (a) above:

1. Asbestosis;

2. Asthma, confirmed, work-related, and suspected, work-related;

3. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis;

4. Silicosis;

5. Unspecified/Other Pneumoconiosis; and

6. Other occupational disease.

(c) The following injuries and conditions, if work-related or occupational, are reportable pursuant to (a) above:

1. Carpal tunnel syndrome;

2. Fatal injuries;

3. Injuries in minors; and

4. Unspecified contact dermatitis.

(d) A poisoning due to the toxic effect of one of the following substances is reportable pursuant to (a) above, provided that if (d)1 through 5 below specify a minimum level for the substance, only upon a diagnosis at or above the specified level:

1. Arsenic:

i. In blood at level greater than or equal to 0.07 micrograms per milliliter; or

ii. In urine at level greater than or equal to 100 micrograms per liter;

2. Cadmium:

i. In blood at level greater than or equal to five micrograms per liter of whole blood; or

ii. In urine at level greater than or equal to three micrograms per gram of creatinine;

3. Lead in a person of 16 years of age or older:

i. In blood at level greater than or equal to five micrograms per deciliter; or

ii. In urine at level greater than or equal to 32 micrograms per liter;

4. Mercury:

i. In blood at level greater than or equal to 2.8 micrograms per deciliter; or

ii. In urine at level greater than or equal to 20 micrograms per liter;

5. Pesticide; and

6. Other substance or toxin, unspecified, if exposure is work-related or occupational.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:58-1.5

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 2059(a), effective 10/3/2016