I.Every physician in this state attending a patient whom he believes to be suffering from poison from lead, phosphorus, arsenic, brass, wood alcohol, mercury, or their compounds, or from anthrax, compressed air illness, or any other ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature of the patient's employment, shall, within 48 hours, send to the commissioner of the department of health and human services a report stating the name, address, and occupation of the patient; the name, address, and business of the employer; the nature of the disease; and such other information as may be reasonably required by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. Posting the report within the time required in a stamped envelope addressed to the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall be considered to be in compliance with this section.II.The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt by rule the form and contents of blanks for such reports and shall prepare and furnish the same free of cost to physicians. The reports shall be on or in conformity with such blanks.III.Reports prepared under this section shall not be evidence of the facts in any action arising out of the disease reported. 1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.