Each physician and advanced practice registered nurse shall report in writing the name, age, sex, race, ethnicity, occupation, place where last employed, if known, and address of each person under his or her care known or suspected by such physician or advanced practice registered nurse 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 or advanced practice registered nurse 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 or she 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; P.A. 16-39, S. 17.)

History: P.A. 76-139 removed reference to repealed Secs. 19-134 and 19-135; Sec. 19-133 transferred to Sec. 19a-262 in 1983; P.A. 90-13 replaced reference to “color” with references to race and ethnicity,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; P.A. 16-39 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes.