Sec. 19a-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-133). Report and record of cases.
Sec. 19a-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-133). Report and record of cases. Each physician shall report in writing the name, age, sex, race, ethnicity, occupation, place where
last employed, if known, and address of each person under his care known or suspected
by such physician to have tuberculosis, to the Department of Public Health and the
director of health of the town, city or borough in which such person resides, within
twenty-four hours after the physician knows or suspects the presence of such disease,
and the officer in charge of any hospital, dispensary, asylum or other similar institution
shall report in like manner concerning each patient having tuberculosis who comes
under the care or observation of such officer, within twenty-four hours thereafter. The
Commissioner of Public Health and the director of health of each town, city or borough
shall keep a record of all such reports received by them, but such records shall not be
open to inspection by any person other than the health authorities of the state and of
such town, city or borough, and the identity of the person to whom any such report
relates shall not be divulged by such health authorities except as may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this section, section 19a-263, and section 19a-264.
For purposes of this section and said sections a person may be suspected of having
tuberculosis if he has (1) an acid fast bacilli identified on a smear of his body fluids or
tissue, (2) been prescribed at least two antituberculosis drugs, (3) a preliminary diagnosis
which includes ruling out active tuberculosis or (4) signs or symptoms of active tuberculosis.
(1949 Rev., S. 4115; P.A. 76-139, S. 9; P.A. 90-13, S. 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 76-139 removed reference to repealed Secs. 19-134 and 19-135; Sec. 19-133 transferred to Sec. 19a-262
in 1983; P.A. 90-13 replaced reference to "color" with references to race and ethnicity, applied provisions to persons
suspected of having tuberculosis and specified grounds for determining whether person is suspected of having tuberculosis
and required that physicians report to health services commissioner as well as to local director of health; P.A. 93-381
replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.