19 CSR 20-20.020 Reporting Infectious, Contagious, Communicable, or Dangerous Diseases
(1) The diseases within the immediately reportable disease category pose a risk to national security because they: can be easily dissemi-nated or transmitted from person to person; result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact; might cause public panic and social disruption; and require special action for public health preparedness. Immediately reportable diseases or findings shall be reported to the local health authority or to the Department of Health and Senior Services immediately upon knowledge or suspicion by telephone (1 (800) 392-0272), facsimile, or other rapid communication. Immediately reportable diseases or find-ings are
(A) Selected high priority diseases, findings or agents that occur naturally, from accidental exposure, or as the result of a bioterrorism event:
Anthrax
Botulism
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Paralytic poliomyelitis
Plague
Rabies (Human)
Ricin toxin
Severe Acute Respiratory syndromeassociated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Disease
Smallpox
Tularemia (suspected intentional release)
Viral hemorrhagic fevers, suspected intentional (e.g., Viral hemorrhagic fever diseases: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Lujo, new world Arenavirus (Guanarito, Machupo, Junin, and Sabia viruses), or Crimean-Congo);