GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 286

 
 
Short Title:	Communicable Disease Reporting.-AB	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Edwards.	
Referred to:	Public Health.	
February 28, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO ALL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A-139 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑139.  Persons in charge of laboratories to report.
A person in charge of a  laboratory providing diagnostic service in this State shall report information required by the Commission to a public health agency specified by the Commission when the laboratory makes any of the following findings:
(1)	Sputa, gastric contents, or other specimens which are smear positive for acid fast bacilli or culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
(2)	Urethral smears positive for Gram‑negative intracellular diplococci or any culture positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
(3)	Positive serological tests for syphilis or positive darkfield examination;
(4)	Any other positive test indicative of a communicable disease or communicable condition for which laboratory reporting is required by the Commission. "
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.