NAC441A.920. Reporting of information to system by emergency facility or health care provider.

     1. The health authority may require an emergency facility or a health care provider to report information to the system for syndromic reporting and active surveillance during a major event or if the health authority determines that the reporting is otherwise appropriate and necessary to monitor the public health in this State.

     2. An emergency facility or health care provider that is required to report information pursuant to subsection 1 shall report the information in the form and manner prescribed by the health authority. The information must include, without limitation:

     (a) The name of the emergency facility or health care provider;

     (b) The name and telephone number of the person making the report;

     (c) The date of the report;

     (d) The period covered by the report;

     (e) The total number of patients who were cared for at the emergency facility or by the health care provider during the period covered by the report; and

     (f) The number of such patients with:

          (1) Cranial nerve impairment with weakness or any bilateral weakness of the face or limbs;

          (2) Unexplained death or illness with a history of fever;

          (3) Gastrointestinal syndrome, diarrhea or gastroenteritis, including, without limitation, vomiting or abdominal cramps;

          (4) Neurological syndrome, meningitis, encephalitis, unexplained acute encephalopathy or a change in mental status with fever;

          (5) Rash, blisters and localized skin lesions, with or without fever;

          (6) Shortness of breath, with or without fever;

          (7) Sepsis or nontraumatic shock;

          (8) Hemorrhagic illness, with or without fever;

          (9) Lymphadenitis, with or without fever;

          (10) Any other sign, symptom or syndrome that is specified by the health authority; or

          (11) Any combination of the signs, symptoms or syndromes described in subparagraphs (1) to (10), inclusive.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011)