(1) (a) A health care provider shall report to the department any case of any person who the provider knows has a confirmed case of, or who the provider believes in his professional judgment is sufficiently likely to harbor any illness or health condition that may be caused by: (i) bioterrorism; (ii) epidemic or pandemic disease; or (iii) novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins which might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent or long-term disability. (b) A health care provider shall immediately submit the report required by Subsection (1)(a) within 24 hours of concluding that a report is required under Subsection (1)(a).

(a) A health care provider shall report to the department any case of any person who the provider knows has a confirmed case of, or who the provider believes in his professional judgment is sufficiently likely to harbor any illness or health condition that may be caused by: (i) bioterrorism; (ii) epidemic or pandemic disease; or (iii) novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins which might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent or long-term disability.

(i) bioterrorism;

(ii) epidemic or pandemic disease; or

(iii) novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins which might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidences of permanent or long-term disability.

(b) A health care provider shall immediately submit the report required by Subsection (1)(a) within 24 hours of concluding that a report is required under Subsection (1)(a).

(2) (a) A report required by this section shall be submitted electronically, verbally, or in writing to the department or appropriate local health department. (b) A report submitted pursuant to Subsection (1) shall include, if known: (i) diagnostic information on the specific illness or health condition that is the subject of the report, and, if transmitted electronically, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit; (ii) the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number; (iii) the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and (iv) the name, address, and phone number of the reporting individual.

(a) A report required by this section shall be submitted electronically, verbally, or in writing to the department or appropriate local health department.

(b) A report submitted pursuant to Subsection (1) shall include, if known: (i) diagnostic information on the specific illness or health condition that is the subject of the report, and, if transmitted electronically, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit; (ii) the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number; (iii) the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and (iv) the name, address, and phone number of the reporting individual.

(i) diagnostic information on the specific illness or health condition that is the subject of the report, and, if transmitted electronically, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit;

(ii) the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, occupation, and current home and work address and phone number;

(iii) the name, address, and phone number of the health care provider; and

(iv) the name, address, and phone number of the reporting individual.

(3) The department may impose a sanction against a health care provider for failure to make a report required by this section only if the department can show by clear and convincing evidence that a health care provider willfully failed to file a report.