A.
The purpose of this article is to expedite the reporting
of certain diseases or outbreaks of disease so that appropriate action can
be taken to protect the public health. The current version of the American
Public Health Association's publication, "Control of Communicable Diseases
In Man" will be used in determining appropriate actions in the event of a
disease.
B.
For the purpose of research, surveillance and/or response
to technological developments, the Health Officer or Board of Health may amend
the diseases and control actions noted herein as may become necessary to control
disease.
A.
The following diseases, as set forth in N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.3,
and as may be amended from time to time, shall be reported immediately to
the Health Officer and the New Providence Board of Health:
(1)
Botulism (Clostridium Botulinum).
(2)
Diptheria (Corynebacterium diptheriae).
(3)
Heamophilus influenzae, invasive disease.
(4)
Hepatitis A, in an institutional setting.
(5)
Measles.
(6)
Meningoccal disease (Neisseria meningitidis).
(7)
Pertussus (whooping cough, Bordetella pertusis).
(8)
Plague (Yersinia pestis).
(9)
Poliomyelitis.
(10)
Rabies (human illness).
(11)
Rubella.
(12)
Viral hemorrhagic fevers, including but not limited to
Ebola, Lassa Fever and Marburg viruses.
(13)
Foodborne intoxications such as mushroom poisoning.
(14)
Any foodborne, waterborne, nosocomial, outbreak or suspected
outbreak of unknown origin
B.
A health care provider, a chief executive officer or
other person having control or supervision over a hospital, laboratory director,
institutional superintendent, child-care or preschool director or a person
having knowledge of any person who is ill or infected with any disease, whether
confirmed or presumed, shall immediately report the facts by telephone to
the Health Office. A written report shall follow the telephone report within
24 hours after the diagnosis is made.
C.
Should the Health Officer not be available, the report
shall be made to the State Health Department by telephone at (609) 588-7500
during normal business hours, (609) 392-2020 after business hours or fax at
(609) 588-7431.
A.
In addition to the above diseases, the following diseases
shall be reported by those individuals listed in § 333-151B above
to the Health Officer within 24 hours of the diagnosis by phone or a written
report:
(1)
An enteric disease, either in a child who attends a day-care
center or in a food handler.
(2)
Hemorrhagic colitis.
(3)
Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome).
(4)
Lyme disease.
(5)
Measles.
(6)
Mumps.
(7)
Pertussis.
(8)
Rabies, animal bites treated for rabies.
(9)
Rubella.
(10)
Syphilis, primary.
(11)
Tuberculosis.
B.
Should the Health Officer not be available, the report
shall be made to the State Health Department by telephone at (609) 588-7500
during normal business hours, (609) 392-2020 after business hours or fax at
(609) 588-7431.
A.
In addition to the above diseases, the following diseases
shall be reported to the Health Officer within 24 hours of the diagnosis:
(1)
Anthrax.
(2)
Arboviral diseases.
(3)
Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.
(4)
Guillain-Barre syndrome.
(5)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome.
(6)
Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome).
(7)
Legionnaire's disease (nosocomial).
(8)
Rabies, animal bites treated for rabies.
(9)
Rheumatic fever, acute.
(10)
Rubella, congenital.
(11)
Tetanus.
(12)
Toxic shock syndrome.
(13)
Trichinosis.
(14)
Tuberculosis.
(15)
Yellow fever.
B.
A health care provider, a chief executive officer or
other person having control or supervision over a hospital or a person having
knowledge of any person who is ill or infected with any disease, whether confirmed
or presumed, shall submit a written report to the Health Officer within 24
hours. Should the Health Officer not be available, the report shall be made
to the State Health Department by telephone at (609) 588-7500 during normal
business hours, (609) 392-2020 after business hours or fax at (609) 588-7431.
A.
In addition to the above diseases, the following diseases,
positive cultures, assays for the following organisms shall be reported to
the Health Officer within five days of the test or diagnosis:
(1)
Acid fast bacilli.
(2)
Antibiotic resistant organisms.
(3)
Arboviruses.
(4)
Babesia spp.
(5)
Bacillus anthracia.
(6)
Bordetella pertussis.
(7)
Borrelia burgdorferi.
(8)
Brucella spp.
(9)
Campylobacter jejuni.
(10)
Chlamydia pneumoniae.
(11)
Chlamydia psittaci.
(12)
Clamydia trachimatis (report to SHD directly).
(13)
Clostridium botulinum.
(14)
Clostridium tetani.
(15)
Corynebacterium diptheriae.
(16)
Cryptosporidum ssp.
(17)
Ebola virus.
(18)
Entamoeva histolytica.
(19)
Ehrlichia canis.
(20)
Escherichia coli O157:H7.
(21)
Foodborne intoxications, including but not limited to
ciguatera, paralytic shellfish poisoning, scrumboid or mushroom poisoning.
(22)
Francisella tularensis.
(23)
Giardia lamblia.
(24)
Hanta virus.
(25)
Haemophilus ducreyi.
(26)
Haemophilus influenzae isolated from CSF, blood, needle
aspirate or sputum.
(27)
Hepatitis A.
(28)
Hepatitis B.
(29)
Hepatitis C.
(30)
Human papillomavirus.
(31)
Lassa virus.
(32)
Legionella pneumophila.
(33)
Leptospira interrogans.
(34)
Listeria monocytogenes.
(35)
Marburg virus.
(36)
Mumps virus.
(37)
Mycobacterium atypical.
(38)
Mycobacterium leprae.
(39)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (report to SHD directly).
(40)
Nisseria gonorrhoeae (report to SHD directly).
(41)
Nisseria memingitis isolated from CSF, blood, needle
aspirate or any normally sterile site.
(42)
Plasmodium spp.
(43)
Polio virus.
(44)
Rabies virus.
(45)
Rickettsia ssp., Inc. coxiella burnetii and R. rickettsii.
(46)
Rubella virus.
(47)
Rubeola virus.
(48)
Salmonella spp.
(49)
Shigella spp.
(50)
Streptococcus pyogenes Group A isolated from CSF, blood.
(51)
Streptococcus agalactiae Group B (perinatal isolate from
CSF or blood).
(52)
Treponema pallidum (syphilis) (report to SHD directly).
(53)
Trichinella spiralis.
(54)
Vibrio spp.
(55)
Yersinia entercolitica.
(56)
Yersinia pestis.
A chief executive officer, superintendent or any other person having
control or supervision over any private or semipublic institution in which
an outbreak of communicable disease occurs shall immediately report the incident
to the Health Officer. The reports shall contain all relevant information
known at that point in time. This requirement may be delegated to staff members.
A.
The Health Officer or his agents are empowered to perform
an epidemiological investigation of any communicable disease event in the
municipality and may utilize any legal resources to accomplish the investigation.
B.
It shall be considered a violation of this section to
interfere, block or impede the investigation.
A.
The Health Officer, upon receiving a report of a communicable
disease, may by written order, establish the isolation or other restrictive
measures as established by state law or rule or as deemed necessary by the
Health Officer to prevent and/or control the disease. The Health Officer shall
have the power and authority to promptly remove, or cause to be removed, a
person who is ill with a communicable disease to a hospital. Such a written
order shall remain in effect until terminated by the Health Officer.
B.
The Health Officer may restrict access of individuals
to the patient isolated or hospitalized with a communicable disease with the
exception of hospital staff.
C.
The Health Officer may, under the authority of this article,
and by written order, restrict any person who may have been exposed to a communicable
disease under the conditions the Health Officer may specify, providing that
the period of restriction will not exceed the maximum period of incubation
of the disease the individual was exposed to.
D.
A person who is responsible for the care, custody or
control of the person who is ill with a communicable disease shall take all
measures necessary to prevent transmission of the disease to other persons.
The responsible person shall respond to and comply with the written orders
of the Health Officer.
A.
The Health Officer may order a person who is suspected
of being ill or infected with a reportable or communicable disease, or who
has been exposed to a reportable or communicable disease, to submit to a physical
examination, X-ray study, laboratory studies and other such diagnostic procedures
as may be necessary to determine whether or not such person is communicable
to others or is a carrier of disease.
A.
The Health Officer may order a person who is ill or infected
with a communicable disease, or who has been exposed to a communicable disease
that can be transmitted through food, be prohibited from working in any occupation
that manufactures, processes, stores, prepares or serves food for public consumption.
B.
A person who is employed in any establishment where food
is manufactured, processed, stored, prepared or served for public consumption
may be required by the Health Officer, if a communicable disease is suspected,
to submit to a physical examination, X-ray study and submit specimens of blood,
bodily discharges or other specimens for the purpose of ascertaining whether
or not they are ill or infected with a communicable disease.
C.
The Health Officer or his agents may prohibit the sale
or distribution and cause to be destroyed food that:
