CHAPTER 6-200. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
§6-202. Responsibilities of Physicians, Osteopaths, Veterinarians, and Other Persons. [3]
(1) Any physician, osteopath or veterinarian who treats any person or
any animal having any reportable disease shall forthwith report the existence of
such disease to the Department in writing or in such form and manner as the
Board may be regulation prescribe.
(2) Any physician or osteopath who
treats any person for an injury resulting from a gunshot wound or weapon related
injury, or attends a death resulting from a gunshot wound or weapon related
injury, shall forthwith report the occurrence of such injury or death to the
Department of Health in writing or in such form and manner as the Board may by
regulation prescribe.
(3) Any physician, osteopath or veterinarian who
treats any person or any animal for a communicable disease in a communicable
stage shall inform such person treated or the owner of such animal treated and
any other appropriate person of the nature and communicability of such disease
and the need for treatment and the requirements of isolation or quarantine in
such manner as the Board may by regulation prescribe to insure proper
notification and clear warning of the dangers thereof.
(4) Every person
shall render such information and reports to the Department as may be required
by this Title or by such regulations as the Board may prescribe to insure the
proper control of communicable diseases or to aid in the formulation and review
of municipal programs for the promotion of the health of the public. The
regulations of the Board may limit the release of such information where such
restrictions are necessary to encourage persons to render and report the
information.