§ 34-56. Persons required to report diseases and conditions.

(a)

The following persons are required to file with the director of health the reports required in sections 34-53 and 34-54:

(1)

Duly licensed physicians;

(2)

Physicians' assistants;

(3)

Advanced practice nurses;

(4)

Every nurse, superintendent, or principal of a public or private school;

(5)

Every owner or any person in charge of a child care facility; and

(6)

Administrator of each institution. The reports filed by such administrator shall not be considered the divulging of confidential information, and does not relieve the responsible physician or other person of the duty to report the same case.

(b)

Any person in charge of a plasma center or blood donating center shall report when blood extracted from a person tests positive for any reportable disease or disease condition identified deemed reportable.

(c)

Any person in charge of a clinical laboratory shall report when a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from the human body yields microscopical, cultural, chemical, immunological, serological, or other evidence suggestive of those communicable diseases or disease conditions deemed reportable. This reporting requirement also applies to laboratory specimens sent to another laboratory for analysis or evaluation. Isolates of the following specimens must be submitted to the Missouri Department of Health Laboratory for epidemiological or confirmation purposes:

(1)

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis);

(2)

Cholera (Vibrio cholera);

(3)

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheria);

(4)

Escherichia coli 0157:H7;

(5)

Glanders (Burkholderia mallei);

(6)

Haemophilus influenzae from invasive disease;

(7)

Influenza virus-associated mortality;

(8)

Listeria;

(9)

Malaria (plasmodium species);

(10)

Measles (rubeola);

(11)

Meliodosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei);

(12)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis;

(13)

Neisseria meningitides, invasive disease;

(14)

Orthopoxvirus (smallpox, cowpox-vaccinia, monkeypox);

(15)

Other Shiga toxin positive organisms;

(16)

Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis);

(17)

Plague (Yersinia pestis);

(18)

Salmonella, all species;

(19)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV);

(20)

Shigella, all species;

(21)

Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin intermediate and resistant strains (VISA and VRSA);

(22)

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis).

Submission of specimens does not relieve the person in charge of a clinical laboratory from the reporting requirement.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to make a report required in this article within the applicable reporting time.

(Ord. No. 170708 , § 1, 9-28-17)