(a) Humans.
(1) The following notifiable conditions are public health emergencies and suspect cases shall be reported immediately by phone to the local health authority or the appropriate Department of State Health Services regional epidemiology office: anthrax; botulism; diphtheria; measles (rubeola); meningococcal infection, invasive; novel coronavirus; novel influenza; poliomyelitis, acute paralytic; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA); vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA); viral hemorrhagic fever; yellow fever; and any outbreak, exotic disease, or unusual group expression of disease that may be of public health concern.
(2) The following notifiable conditions shall be reported by fax or phone within one working day of identification as a suspected case: brucellosis; Candida auris; carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE); hepatitis A, acute; hepatitis B, perinatal infection; influenza-associated pediatric mortality; mumps; pertussis; poliovirus infection, non-paralytic; Q fever; rubella (including congenital); syphilis infection in pregnant females; tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex); and Vibrio infection (including cholera).
(3) AIDS, chancroid, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, gonorrhea, HIV infection, and syphilis shall be reported in accordance with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)).
(4) Tuberculosis antibiotic susceptibility results should be reported by laboratories no later than one week after they first become available.
(5) For all other notifiable conditions not listed in paragraphs (1) - (4) of this subsection, reports of disease shall be made no later than one week after a case or suspected case is identified.
(6) All diseases requiring submission of cultures in §97.3(a)(4) of this title (relating to What Condition to Report and What Isolates to Report or Submit) shall be submitted as they become available.
(b) Animals. Reportable conditions affecting animals shall be reported within one working day following the diagnosis.
Source Note: The provisions of this §97.4 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453; amended to be effective July 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 6622; amended to be effective March 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 1954; amended to be effective January 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 12663; amended to be effective December 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 12426; amended to be effective August 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 5658; amended to be effective December 12, 2002, 27 TexReg 11547; amended to be effective June 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 2997; amended to be effective December 20, 2012, 37 TexReg 9777; amended to be effective April 20, 2014, 39 TexReg 2853; amended to be effective April3,2016,41 TexReg 2317; amended to be effective April 2, 2017, 42 TexReg 1452; amended to be effective January 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 162