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 the following regulations: 12VAC5-90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control. The purpose of the proposed action is to identify additional measures relating to healthcare-associated infections that acute care hospitals would have to report to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and to the Department of Health.

The agency does not intend to hold a public hearing on the proposed action after publication in the Virginia Register.

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

Public Comment Deadline: November 25, 2009.

Agency Contact: Diane Woolard, Ph.D., Director, Disease Surveillance, Department of Health, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 864-8124, or email diane.woolard@vdh.virginia.gov.