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.