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Statutory basis for public health reporting beyond specific diseases

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Statutory authority for public health surveillance is necessarily broad as previously uncharacterized diseases are regularly discovered. This article provides specific information about general disease reporting provisions in each state. The intent of these reporting laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule is to support this critical disease surveillance function for the benefit of the entire population.

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Road, NF, Mailstop D-68, 30333, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Claire V. Broome MD (Senior Advisor to the Director for Integrated Health Information Systems),  Salvatore J. Lucido &  Denise Koo

  2. Office of the General Counsel and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, USA

    Heather H. Horton &  Deborah Tress

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Correspondence to Claire V. Broome MD.

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Broome, C.V., Horton, H.H., Tress, D. et al. Statutory basis for public health reporting beyond specific diseases. J Urban Health 80 (Suppl 1), i14–i22 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00022310

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