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7 AAC 27.019. Reporting of health care-associated infections. (a) A facility or entity that is required under federal law to report health care-associated infection data to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shall grant the department access to the following reported information:

(1) the name of the facility or entity;

(2) all health care-associated infection information submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), as required by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for that facility or entity type. (b) The information obtained by the department under (a) of this section may be used by the department for surveillance and prevention purposes. (c) The department may issue reports to the public regarding health care-associated infections in aggregate data form, and identify individual facilities or entities. In the state-issued reports, the department will use a methodology that is consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s requirements for national reporting of health care-associated infections. (Eff. 12/29/2013, Register 208) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.362

AS 18.15.355 AS 18.15.370 7 AAC 27.020. Control of animal diseases transmissible to humans. (a) The standards for animal disease quarantine are

(1) if a case of rabies or other animal disease dangerous to the health of individuals is reported as existing in an area, the department may, independently or in cooperation with federal and other state agencies, investigate to determine whether the disease exists and to identify the probable area of the state in which an individual or animal is endangered by it; if the department finds that the disease exists, a quarantine may be declared against all of those animals that are