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submit additional data elements if essential for adequate public health response, including medications provided. (Eff. 8/21/74, Register 51; am 9/20/75, Register 55; am 3/28/84, Register 89; am 1/19/96, Register 137; am 2/10/99, Register 149; am 5/30/2003, Register 166; am 8/22/2003, Register 167; am 12/29/2006, Register 180; am 5/3/2007, Register 182; am 12/29/2013, Register 208; am 11/30/2018, Register 228; am 9/3/2023, Register 247) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.15.355 AS 18.15.370

AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.362 7 AAC 27.007. Reporting by laboratories. (a) An infectious agent listed in this subsection constitutes a public health emergency requiring immediate reporting. A public, private, military, hospital, or other laboratory performing serologic, immunologic, microscopic, molecular, biochemical, or culture examinations or tests in this state or on samples obtained within this state shall immediately report evidence of human infection caused by the following agents by telephone directly to a public health agent in the department when the infectious agent is identified or suspected by the laboratory. The following infectious agents shall be reported under this section:

(1) Bacillus anthracis;

(2) Burkholderia mallei;

(3) Burkholderia pseudomailei;

(4) Clostridium botulinum or botulinum toxin;

(5) Corynebacterium diphtheriae;

(6) Francisella tularensis;

(7) hemorrhagic fever viruses;

(8) influenza virus, suspected novel strains;

(9) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus;

(10) Neisseria meningitidis;