Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 71 views

    Reportable Diseases Conditions

    Uploaded by

    api-297383596
    The Nevada Administrative Code and county regulations require physicians and other professionals to report specified diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks, and unusual occurrences of illness to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). This allows SNHD to respond rapidly, prevent further illness, recognize disease trends, and address outbreak situations. Failure to report is a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine per violation. The document provides contact numbers to report various diseases and conditions to SNHD as well as a list of reportable diseases and the timeframe required for reporting.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Reportable Diseases Conditions

    Uploaded by

    api-297383596
    71 views1 page
    The Nevada Administrative Code and county regulations require physicians and other professionals to report specified diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks, and unusual occurrences of illness to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). This allows SNHD to respond rapidly, prevent further illness, recognize disease trends, and address outbreak situations. Failure to report is a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine per violation. The document provides contact numbers to report various diseases and conditions to SNHD as well as a list of reportable diseases and the timeframe required for reporting.

    Original Title

    reportable-diseases-conditions

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The Nevada Administrative Code and county regulations require physicians and other professionals to report specified diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks, and unusual occurrences of illness to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). This allows SNHD to respond rapidly, prevent further illness, recognize disease trends, and address outbreak situations. Failure to report is a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine per violation. The document provides contact numbers to report various diseases and conditions to SNHD as well as a list of reportable diseases and the timeframe required for reporting.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    71 views1 page

    Reportable Diseases Conditions

    Uploaded by

    api-297383596
    The Nevada Administrative Code and county regulations require physicians and other professionals to report specified diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks, and unusual occurrences of illness to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). This allows SNHD to respond rapidly, prevent further illness, recognize disease trends, and address outbreak situations. Failure to report is a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine per violation. The document provides contact numbers to report various diseases and conditions to SNHD as well as a list of reportable diseases and the timeframe required for reporting.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    Reportable Diseases, Conditions and Events

    Clark County, Nevada


    The Nevada Administrative Code Chapter 441A and county disease reporting regulations require reports of
    specified diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks and extraordinary occurrences of illness be made to the local
    Health Authority (Southern Nevada Health District [SNHD]). Disease reporting allows SNHD to rapidly respond
    and prevent additional illness, recognize trends in diseases of public health importance and to intervene in
    outbreak or epidemic situations
    Physicians, veterinarians, dentists, chiropractors, registered nurses, directors of medical facilities, medical
    laboratories, blood banks, school authorities, college administrators, directors of child care facilities, nursing
    homes, parole and probation officers, pharmacists, insurers and correctional institutions are required to report.
    Failure to report is a misdemeanor and may be subject to an administrative fine of $1,000 for each violation.

    Contact Numbers for Reporting Diseases and Conditions


    Diseases to Report

    Phone

    HIV/AIDS..................................... (702)
    Sexually Transmitted Infections..... (702)
    Tuberculosis................................. (702)
    Other Reportable Diseases........... (702)
    Outbreaks.................................... (702)
    Extraordinary Occurrences
    of Disease................................ (702)

    Fax

    759-0727.........(702)
    759-0727.........(702)
    759-1015.........(702)
    759-1300, x2....(702)
    759-1300, x2....(702)

    Animal Bites
    759-1454
    759-1454
    759-1435
    759-1414
    759-1414

    Phone

    Clark County................ (702)


    Las Vegas..................... (702)
    North Las Vegas........... (702)
    Henderson................... (702)
    Boulder City................. (702)
    Mesquite...................... (702)

    455-7710, x1
    229-6444, x2
    633-1750
    267-4970, x4
    293-9283
    346-5268

    759-1300, x2....(702) 759-1414

    The following must be reported by the next SNHD business day, unless otherwise noted:
    AIDS
    Amebiasis
    ( Animal bite from a rabies
    susceptible species
    ( Anthrax

    Arsenic: Exposures and
    elevated levels
    ( Botulism
    Brucellosis
    Campylobacteriosis

    CD4 lymphocyte counts*
    Chancroid
    Chlamydia
    Cholera
    Coccidioidomycosis
    Cryptosporidiosis
    Diphtheria
    Drowning
    Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis
    Encephalitis
    Enterohemorrhagic

    Escherichia coli (STEC,
    E. coli O157:H7)
    Exposures of large groups of
    people to disease-causing
    agents
    ( Extraordinary occurrence of
    illness (Dengue, Typhus Fever)
    Giardiasis
    Gonorrhea

    Granuloma inguinale
    Haemophilus influenzae
    (invasive)

    Hansens Disease (leprosy)

    Hantavirus

    Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
    (HUS)
    Hepatitis A and E

    Hepatitis B, C, D and
    unspecified

    HIV infection

    Influenza
    ( Novel influenza (known or

    suspect pandemic strain)

    Lead: Exposures and
    elevated levels
    Legionellosis
    Leptospirosis
    Listeriosis

    Lyme Disease

    Lymphogranuloma venereum
    Malaria
    Measles (rubeola)

    Meningitis (specify type)
    ( Meningococcal Disease

    Mercury: Exposures and
    elevated levels
    Mumps
    ( Outbreaks of communicable
    disease
    ( Outbreaks of foodborne disease
    Pertussis
    ( Plague
    ( Poliomyelitis
    Psittacosis

    Q Fever
    ( Rabies (human or animal)

    Relapsing Fever


    Respiratory Syncytial Virus
    infection (RSV)
    Rotavirus
    Rubella (including congenital)
    Salmonellosis
    ( SARS

    Severe Reaction to Immunization
    Shigellosis
    ( Smallpox (variola)

    Spotted fever Rickettsiosis
    (e.g., Rocky Mountain
    Spotted Fever)

    Streptococcal toxic shock
    syndrome

    Streptococcus pneumoniae
    Invasive Disease

    Syphilis (including congenital)
    Tetanus

    Toxic Shock Syndrome
    Trichinosis
    Tuberculosis
    ( Tularemia
    Typhoid Fever

    Vancomycin-intermediate
    Staphylococcus aureus
    (VISA) infection
    Vancomycin-resistant
    Staphylococcus aureus
    (VRSA) infection

    Vibriosis, Non-Cholera
    ( Viral hemorrhagic fever

    West Nile Virus

    Yellow Fever Infection
    Yersiniosis

    Report immediately by phone


    Report within 24 hours; use after-hours reporting system if needed Report when suspect (do not wait for lab confirmation)
    Reportable in Clark County only *Currently <500/L (under legislative review to make all counts reportable)

    Southern Nevada Health District Office of Epidemiology http://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/disease-reporting/disease-reporting.php

    24-HOUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE (702) 759-1300, OPT. 2

    You might also like