Notification required

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  1. (a) Any person who determines by laboratory examination that a specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of those sexually transmitted diseases enumerated in subsection (b) of this section shall notify the HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Section of the Department of Health of such findings.

  2. (b) Notice shall be given for the following conditions or diseases:

    1. (1) Syphilis;

    2. (2) Gonorrhea;

    3. (3) Chancroid;

    4. (4) Lymphogranuloma Venereum; and

    5. (5) Granuloma Inguinale.

  3. (c) Specific reportable sexually transmitted disease tests are:

    1. (1) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful serological tests for syphilis;

    2. (2) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful spinal fluid serological tests for syphilis;

    3. (3) All positive darkfield microscopic tests for treponema pallidum;

    4. (4) All positive gonococcal smears or cultures; and

    5. (5) All positive tests indicating the presence of Ducrey's bacillus, known as chancroid, or Donovan bodies, known as Granuloma Inguinale, or filterable virus, known as Lymphogranuloma Venereum.


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