Each clinician including each physician, pathologist, nurse practitioner, medical

Each clinician including each physician, pathologist, nurse practitioner, medical examiner; and coroner, laboratory director and veterinarian, in epizootic diseases, shall report to the Department of Health any diagnosed case or suspected case of a reportable disease or condition, including those hereinafter listed, which he or she is attending, has examined, or of which he or she has knowledge. Reports on patients originating from institutions (including but not limited to hospitals and nursing homes) may be coordinated through a designated person, such as an infection control practitioner, provided there is prior arrangement with the Mississippi State Department of Health, Epidemiology Program. Such report shall include, unless otherwise specified, the patient's name, address, age and/or date of birth, race, sex, the disease or suspected disease or condition, the date of onset of the disease, method of diagnosis, and name of attending clinician. 1. All reports so made are confidential. Reports shall be made as required for each class. Case Report Cards for written reports are supplied through the local health department. When a report to the local health department is made by telephone or in person, the local health officer or his or her designee shall be responsible for preparing the Case Report Card, and forwarding it to the Epidemiology Program. 2. The designated diseases and conditions listed in Appendix A to the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions shall be reported using the following classifications. The list designating the reportable diseases and conditions shall be published annually in the Mississippi Morbidity Report and is also available upon request to the Epidemiology Program.