Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 25-4-502 - Tuberculosis to be reported(1) Every attending physician and other persons either treating or having knowledge of active or suspected tuberculosis in this state shall make a report to the department in accordance with section 25-1-122(1) on every person known by said physician or other person to have active or suspected tuberculosis.(2) Any health-care facility or other similar private or public institution in this state shall make a report to the department in accordance with section 25-1-122(1) on every person having active or suspected tuberculosis who comes into its care or observation.(3) All clinical laboratories rendering diagnostic service shall report to the department in accordance with section 25-1-122(1), within twenty-four hours after diagnosis, the full name and other available data relating to the person whose sputa or other specimens submitted for examination reveal the presence of tubercle bacilli.L. 67: R&RE, p. 723, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-2. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 946, § 5, effective May 6. L. 94: (1) and (2) amended, p. 2762, § 433, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 315, § 1, effective April 7. For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (1) and (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.