130A-139. Persons in charge of laboratories to report.
A person in charge of a laboratory providing diagnostic service in this State shall report information required by the Commission to a public health agency specified by the Commission when the laboratory makes any of the following findings:
(1) Sputa, gastric contents, or other specimens which are smear positive for acid fast bacilli or culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
(2) Urethral smears positive for Gram-negative intracellular diplococci or any culture positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
(3) Positive serological tests for syphilis or positive darkfield examination; [or]
(4) Any other positive test indicative of a communicable disease or communicable condition for which laboratory reporting is required by the Commission. (1981, c. 81, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1987, c. 782, s. 9; 2001-28, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6 - Communicable Diseases.
§ 130A-134 - Reportable diseases and conditions.
§ 130A-135 - Physicians to report.
§ 130A-136 - School principals and child care operators to report.
§ 130A-137 - Medical facilities may report.
§ 130A-138 - Operators of restaurants and other food or drink establishments to report.
§ 130A-139 - Persons in charge of laboratories to report.
§ 130A-140 - Local health directors to report.
§ 130A-141 - Form, content and timing of reports.
§ 130A-141.1 - Temporary order to report.
§ 130A-142 - Immunity of persons who report.
§ 130A-143 - Confidentiality of records.
§ 130A-144 - Investigation and control measures.
§ 130A-145 - Quarantine and isolation authority.
§ 130A-146 - Transportation of bodies of persons who have died of reportable diseases.
§ 130A-147 - Rules of the Commission.
§ 130A-148 - Laboratory tests for AIDS virus infection.
§ 130A-149 - Recodified as G.S130A-479 by Session Laws 2002-179, s2, effective October 1, 2002.
§ 130A-150 - Statewide surveillance and reporting system.
§ 130A-152 - Immunization required.
§ 130A-154 - Certificate of immunization.
§ 130A-155.1 - Submission of certificate to college or universities.
§ 130A-156 - Medical exemption.
§ 130A-157 - Religious exemption.
§ 130A-158 - Restitution required when vaccine spoiled due to provider negligence.
§ 130A-158.5 - Access to North Carolina Immunization Registry.
§ 130A-185 - Vaccination required.
§ 130A-186 - Appointment and certification of certified rabies vaccinator.
§ 130A-187 - County rabies vaccination clinics.
§ 130A-189 - Rabies vaccination certificates.
§ 130A-190 - Rabies vaccination tags.
§ 130A-191 - Possession and distribution of rabies vaccine.
§ 130A-192 - Animals not wearing required rabies vaccination tags.
§ 130A-193 - Vaccination and confinement of animals brought into this State.
§ 130A-194 - Quarantine of districts infected with rabies.
§ 130A-195 - Destroying stray or feral animals in quarantine districts.
§ 130A-196 - Notice and confinement of biting animals.
§ 130A-197 - Management of dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to rabies.
§ 130A-199 - Rabid animals to be destroyed; heads to be sent to State Laboratory of Public Health.