NOTICES OF INTENDED REGULATORY ACTION
Vol. 37 Iss. 9 - December 21, 2020

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TITLE 12. HEALTH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter 90
Notice of Intended Regulatory Action

TITLE 12. HEALTH

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Notice of Intended Regulatory Action

Notice is hereby given in accordance with § 2.2-4007.01 of the Code of Virginia that the State Board of Health intends to consider amending 12VAC5-90. Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control. The purpose of the proposed action is to add COVID-19 reporting requirements for physicians and directors of medical care facilities. The proposed amendments require reports of suspected and confirmed cases and hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions; require case report forms be submitted electronically; clarify that the category "laboratory directors" includes pharmacies that hold Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Certificates of Waiver; require laboratory directors to report positive and negative COVID-19 tests; add ethnicity to the fields required to be reported by all parties related to COVID-19; and add "coronavirus, severe" to the list of infectious disease that shall be reported to persons practicing funeral services.

Statutory Authority: § 32.1-35 of the Code of Virginia.

Public Hearing Information:The agency does not intend to hold a public hearing at the proposed stage.

Public Comment Deadline: January 20, 2021.

Agency Contact: Kristin Collins, Policy Analyst, Office of Epidemiology, Virginia Department of Health, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 864-7298, or email kristin.collins@vdh.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R21-6359; Filed November 17, 2020
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