Diseases Reportable Directly to the Department

(A) Reporting of Suspect or Confirmed Active Tuberculosis Disease. Any health care provider, laboratory, board of health or administrator of a city, state or private institution or hospital who has knowledge of a case of confirmed tuberculosis or clinically suspected tuberculosis, as defined in 105 CMR 300.020, shall notify the Department within 24 hours by telephone, in writing, by facsimile or other electronic means, as defined by the Department. When available, full demographic, epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory information on the case, as defined by the Department shall be included in each report. Upon receipt of such notice, the Department shall notify the local board of health in the community where the case resides via MAVEN. (B) Reporting of Tuberculosis Infection (also known as Latent Tuberculosis Infection). Any health care provider, board of health or administrator of a city, state or private institution or hospital who has knowledge of a case of tuberculosis infection as determined by skin test or other test for determining the presence of tuberculosis infection shall notify the Department in a written or electronic format as designated by the Department. A skin test for tuberculosis which meets criteria for indicating tuberculosis infection according to the published guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department is itself reportable. When available, full demographic, epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory information on the case, as defined by the Department shall be included in each report. (C) Any health care provider, laboratory, board of health or administrator of a city, state or private institution or hospital who has knowledge of the diseases listed as follows shall notify the Department within 24 hours, by telephone, in writing, by facsimile or other electronic means, as defined by the Department. When available, full demographic, epidemiologic, and clinical and laboratory information on the case, as defined by the Department must be included in each report. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Chancroid; Chlamydial infection; Gonorrhea; Granuloma inguinale; Herpes simplex infection, neonatal (onset within 60 days after birth); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; Lymphogranuloma venereum; Ophthalmia neonatorum caused by any agent; Pelvic inflammatory disease of any etiology; and Syphilis. (D) The following work-related diseases and injuries are reportable directly to the Department by physicians and other health care providers in a manner approved by the Department no later than ten days after diagnosis or identification. Said report must include, at a minimum, the reporter’s name and address; the patient’s name, address, telephone number, age and sex, race/ethnicity, if known; the employer’s name and location where the occupational exposure or injury reportedly occurred; the diagnosis of the disease or description of the injury; the patient’s occupation if known; and any other information as requested by the Department. (1) Occupational Lung Disease. (a) Asbestosis; (b) Silicosis; (c) Beryllium disease; (d) Chemical pneumonitis; (e) Asthma caused by or aggravated by workplace exposures; and (f) Other work-related lung disease. (2) Work-related Heavy Metal Absorption. (a) Mercury (blood >15 mcg/L: urine > 35 mcg/grams creatinine); (b) Cadmium (blood > 5mcg/L: urine > 5 mcg/grams creatinine); and (c) Other. (3) Work-related Acute Chemical Poisoning. (a) Carbon monoxide poisoning; (b) Pesticide poisoning; (c) Other; and (d) Work-related Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. (E) Reporting of Work-related Traumatic Injuries to a Person Younger than 18 Years Old. (1) By Health Care Facilities. Work-related traumatic injuries to persons younger than 18 years old that are treated in a hospital or other health care facility shall be reported by the person in charge of the facility or their designee. Health care facilities shall report these cases through computer generated reports on a regular basis no less than once every six months. Said reports shall include similar information to that required under 105 CMR 300.180(D). (2) By Physicians and Other Health Care Providers. Serious work-related traumatic injuries to persons younger than 18 years old shall be reported to the Department by the physician or other health care provider who treats the minor, within ten days after the physician or health care provider initially treats the injury. Physicians and other health care providers may report all work-related traumatic injuries to persons younger than 18 years old. Said reports shall include similar information to that required under 105 CMR 300.180(D).