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Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTHPart 690 - CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CODE
Subpart D - DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
Section 690.725 - Tularemia (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours, unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours))

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77 § 690.725

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 690.725 - Tularemia (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours, unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours))
a) Control of Case

No specific restrictions.

b) Control of Contacts

No specific restrictions.

c) Laboratory Reporting
1) Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients from whom Francisella tularensis has been cultured and patients who have a positive result on any other laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Francisella tularensis infection.
2) Laboratories shall forward clinical materials positive for Francisella tularensis to the Department's laboratory.
3) Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any Francisella tularensis environmental or animal samples from an outbreak investigation.
4) Laboratories shall cooperate with local health authorities to identify any exposed laboratory worker.

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 690.725

Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 5533, effective February 11, 2014
Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective 2/27/2024