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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 22. HEALTH |
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SubTilte 22-B. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE |
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Chapter 22-B2. COMMUNICABLE AND REPORTABLE DISEASES |
Section 22-B211. LABORATORIES AND BLOOD BANKS
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211.1Physicians and others licensed under the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01 to 3-1213.01 (2001 ed.)), to practice in the District may submit communicable disease specimens for test and report findings to the Department's laboratory or to any other laboratory approved by the Director.
211.2A laboratory that tests a communicable disease specimen shall report its findings directly to the person who submitted the specimen.
211.3Whenever a test made in a public or private laboratory is positive for syphilis, the person responsible for the operation of the laboratory shall report the positive test to the Director in writing within twenty-four (24) hours, giving the following information:
(a)The name of the person requesting the test;
(b)The address of the person requesting the test; and
(c)All other information required by this section.
211.4Whenever a test made in a public or private laboratory is positive for HIV or is indicative of an HIV diagnosis, including CD4 and viral load tests, the person responsible for the operation of the laboratory shall report the positive test to the Director or an agent of the Director or his or her designee, in writing, within forty-eight (48) hours, giving the following information:
(a)The name of the subject of the test;
(b)The name and address of the physician or provider requesting the test;
(c)The patient's medical record number; and
(d)All other information required under this section.
211.5Each public or private laboratory shall keep a record of its findings showing evidence of communicable disease for a period of at least one (1) year.
211.6During the one (1) year period in which records of a communicable disease are kept, the records shall be available for inspection by the Director at any reasonable time.
211.7If the person requesting a communicable disease test and report has elected to report to the Director by number, the person shall use the same number in requesting the laboratory for the test and report; and the laboratory shall use the same number in its records.
211.8Whenever, in the course of its operations, a blood bank determines that a specimen of blood tests positive for syphilis, the physician in charge of the blood bank shall report the positive test in writing to the Director within twenty-four (24) hours. Whenever, in the course of its operations, a blood bank determines that a specimen is positive for HIV, the physician or provider in charge of the blood bank shall report the positive test in writing to the Director or his/her designee within forty-eight (48) hours.
211.9Whenever any written report is required by this section, the report and records of the report shall comply with the special requirements contained in § 205.1 of this chapter, in addition to the other requirements of this section.
211.10All bacteriological laboratories in the District, including bacteriological laboratories in public or private hospitals, shall report within forty-eight (48) hours in writing to the Director of Human Services, all positive acid fast bacilli results whenever determined by smear or culture or otherwise.
211.11The reports required in § 211.10 shall be filed by the Director of the laboratory or the Director's designee, and shall contain, in addition to the bacteriological findings, the following information:
(a)The full name and address of the patient; and
(b)The name of the physician or facility responsible for the diagnosis, referral, or treatment of the patient.