Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-4

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-1-4 - Hospital reporting requirements

(a) The administrator of each hospital licensed in Kansas shall report the following information to the secretary when requested by the secretary and for the duration specified by the secretary, if this information is in the hospital's possession:

(1) The number of laboratory test orders for specified infectious or contagious diseases or conditions and the results for specified infectious or contagious diseases or conditions;

(2) the number of pharmacy prescriptions for medications used to treat specified infectious or contagious diseases or conditions;

(3) the number of emergency room visits for symptoms related to specified infectious or contagious diseases or conditions; and

(4) utilization rates of other services that can provide an early warning of an infectious or contagious disease, a condition, a cluster, outbreak, or epidemic, or any other public health threat specified by the secretary, if that information can be provided by the hospital with minimum additional burden.

(b) The administrator of each hospital licensed in Kansas may designate a person within the hospital to report infectious or contagious diseases or conditions on behalf of the individuals required by K.A.R. 28-1-2 to report suspected cases and cases observed at the hospital. Each report from the designated hospital person shall meet all reporting requirements for individuals required by K.A.R. 28-1-2 to report suspected cases and cases.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-4

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-101; implementing K.S.A. 65-101 and K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-102; effective May 1, 1982; amended May 1, 1986; amended Jan. 12, 1996; amended Oct. 16, 1998; amended, T-28-11-20-03, Nov. 20, 2003; amended March 5, 2004; amended by Kansas Register Volume 37, No. 17; effective 5/11/2018.