44:20:02:02. Reporting
by hospitals, laboratories, and institutions. The director, principal
manager, or chief executive officer of a hospital, laboratory, or institution
who has knowledge that a person employed, attended, or served by the hospital,
laboratory, or institution has been diagnosed with or is suspected of being a
carrier of any of the reportable diseases or conditions listed in
§ 44:20:01:03 or 44:20:01:04 shall report to the department the
information required by § 44:20:02:05. The director, principal manager, or
chief executive officer of a hospital, laboratory, or institution may authorize
a designee to submit reports of reportable diseases and conditions, but the
director, principal manager, or chief executive officer is not relieved of the
reporting responsibility. Category I diseases and conditions are reportable
immediately. Category II diseases and conditions are reportable by telephone,
mail, courier, or facsimile within three days after recognition or strong
suspicion of disease. Reporting of a reportable disease or condition by a
hospital, laboratory, or institution is in addition to, and not a substitute
for, the reporting by the attending physician in § 44:20:02:01. For
purposes of this section, hospitals, laboratories, and institutions include:
(1) Health care facilities
defined in SDCL 34-12-1.1;
(2) Medical laboratories;
(3) Diagnostic
laboratories;
(4) Blood bank, collection,
or storage centers;
(5) Public and private
elementary and secondary schools;
(6) Public and private
universities and colleges;
(7) Health and correctional
institutions operated or regulated by municipal, county, state, or federal
governments;
(8) Funeral establishments
and mortuaries;
(9) Child-care facilities
defined in SDCL chapter 26-6; and
(10) Food service, lodging,
and campground establishments defined in SDCL 34-18-1.
Source:
20 SDR 69, effective November 17, 1993; 28 SDR 92, effective December 30, 2001;
29 SDR 87, effective December 22, 2002; 38 SDR 8, effective August 1, 2011.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9, 34-22-12, 34-23-13.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-22-9, 34-22-12, 34-23-2, 34-23-13.
Cross-References:
Employee health and disease control,
§ 44:02:02:01.
Employee health program,
§ 44:04:04:06.
