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Communicable Disease Control

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Utah Public Health Lab

 


Disease Reporting

 

In addition to the reportable conditions set forth in R386-702-3(1) the Department declares the following reportable emergency illnesses or health conditions to be of concern to the public health and reporting is authorized by Title 26, Chapter 23b, Utah Code, unless made mandatory by the declaration of a public health emergency:

(a) respiratory illness (including upper or lower respiratory tract infections, difficulty breathing and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome);

(b) gastrointestinal illness (including vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or any other gastrointestinal distress);

(c) influenza-like constitutional symptoms and signs;

(d) neurologic symptoms or signs indicating the possibility of meningitis, encephalitis, or unexplained acute encephalopathy or delirium;

(e) rash illness;

(f) hemorrhagic illness;

(g) botulism-like syndrome;

(h) lymphadenitis;

(i) sepsis or unexplained shock;

(j) febrile illness (illness with fever, chills or rigors);

(k) nontraumatic coma or sudden death; and

(l) other criteria specified by the Department as indicative of disease outbreaks or injurious exposures of uncertain origin.