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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER k: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CONTROL AND IMMUNIZATIONS
PART 690 CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CODE

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SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 690.10 Definitions

Section 690.20 Incorporated and Referenced Materials

Section 690.30 General Procedures for the Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions, Including Outbreaks

SUBPART B: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

Section 690.100 Diseases and Conditions

Section 690.110 Diseases and Conditions Previously Renumbered or Repealed from Sections of This Part and Which Diseases and Conditions Remain Reportable to the Department Under Other Parts and Sections

SUBPART C: REPORTING

Section 690.200 Reporting

SUBPART D: DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

Section 690.290 Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.295 Any Unusual Case of a Disease or Condition Not Listed in this Part that is of Urgent Public Health Significance (Reportable by telephone immediately (within three hours))

Section 690.300 Amebiasis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.310 Animal Bites (Reportable by mail or telephone as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.320 Anthrax (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours, upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

Section 690.322 Arboviral Infections (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.325 Blastomycosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.327 Botulism, Foodborne, Intestinal Botulism (Formerly Infant), Wound, or Other (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease for foodborne botulism or within 24 hours by telephone, facsimile, or electronically for other types)

Section 690.330 Brucellosis (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible (within 24 hours), unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours) by telephone)

Section 690.335 Campylobacteriosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.340 Chancroid (Repealed)

Section 690.350 Chickenpox (Varicella) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically within 24 hours)

Section 690.360 Cholera (Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.361 Coronavirus, Novel, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) (Reportable by telephone immediately (within 3 hours) upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

Section 690.362 Cronobacter, including C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus, in infants younger than 12 months of age (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.365 Cryptosporidiosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.368 Cyclosporiasis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.370 Diarrhea of the Newborn (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours) (Repealed)

Section 690.380 Diphtheria (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours, upon initial clinical suspicion or laboratory test order)

Section 690.385 Ehrlichiosis, Human Granulocytotropic anaplasmosis (HGA) (See Tickborne Infections)

Section 690.386 Ehrlichiosis, Human Monocytotropic (HME) (See Tickborne Infections)

Section 690.390 Encephalitis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.400 Escherichia coli Infections (E. coli O157 and Other Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.410 Foodborne or Waterborne Illness (Reportable by telephone or facsimile as soon as possible, within 24 hours) (Repealed)

Section 690.420 Giardiasis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.430 Gonorrhea (Repealed)

Section 690.440 Granuloma Inguinale (Repealed)

Section 690.441 Haemophilus Influenzae, Invasive Disease (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within 24 hours)

Section 690.442 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.444 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Post-diarrheal (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.450 Hepatitis A (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.451 Hepatitis B (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.452 Hepatitis C, Acute Infection, Perinatal and Non-acute Confirmed Infection (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.453 Hepatitis, Viral, Other (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.460 Histoplasmosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.465 Influenza, (Laboratory Confirmed Deaths in persons younger than 18 years of age) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.468 Influenza (Laboratory Confirmed Testing via ELR only and Intensive Care Unit Admissions) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.469 Influenza A, Novel or Variant Virus (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours upon initial clinical suspicion or laboratory test order)

Section 690.470 Intestinal Worms (Reportable by mail or telephone as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.475 Legionellosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.480 Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) (Infectious and Non-infectious Cases are Reportable) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within seven days) (Repealed)

Section 690.490 Leptospirosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.495 Listeriosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.500 Lymphogranuloma Venereum (Lymphograuloma Inguinale; Lymphopathia Venereum) (Repealed)

Section 690.505 Lyme Disease (See Tickborne Infections)

Section 690.510 Malaria (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.520 Measles, Suspect, Probable or Confirmed (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours, upon initial clinical suspicion or laboratory test)

Section 690.530 Melioidosis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei (Reportable by telephone or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.540 Multi-drug Resistant Organisms Considered to be of Epidemiologic Importance Due to Either Severity of Clinical Disease, Potential for Transmission of Genetic Elements, or Opportunities for Effective Control Efforts (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.550 Mumps (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.555 Neisseria meningitidis, Invasive Disease and Purpura Fulminans (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.560 Ophthalmia Neonatorum (Gonococcal) (Reportable by mail or telephone as soon as possible, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.565 Any Suspected or Confirmed Outbreak of a Disease of Known or Unknown Etiology that may be a Danger to the Public Health, Whether the Disease, Infection, Microorganism, or Condition is specified in the Rule (Including, but Not Limited to, Foodborne, Healthcare-associated, Zoonotic Disease or Waterborne Outbreaks) (Reportable by telephone or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.570 Plague (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

Section 690.580 Poliomyelitis (Reportable by telephone immediately (within three hours) upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

Section 690.590 Psittacosis (Ornithosis) Due to Chlamydia psittaci (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.595 Q-fever Due to Coxiella burnetii (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours, unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours) by telephone)

Section 690.600 Rabies, Human (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.601 Rabies, Potential Human Exposure and Animal Rabies (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within 24 hours)

Section 690.605 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection (Laboratory Confirmed Testing via ELR only, Pediatric Deaths and Intensive Care Unit Admissions (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 3 days))

Section 690.610 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (See Tickborne Infections)

Section 690.620 Rubella (German Measles) (Including Congenital Rubella Syndrome) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.630 Salmonellosis, Including Paratyphi B var. L(+) tartrate+ (Other than S. Typhi, S. Paratyphi A, S. Paratyphi B (tartrate negative) and S. Paratyphi C cases) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.635 SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) (Laboratory Confirmed Testing via ELR only, Pediatric Deaths, and Intensive Care Unit Admissions) (Reportable electronically within three days)

Section 690.640 Shigellosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.650 Smallpox (Reportable by telephone immediately, within three hours upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

Section 690.655 Smallpox vaccination, complications of (Reportable by telephone or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours) (See Smallpox)

Section 690.658 Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin Resistant (MRSA) Infection, Clusters of Two or More Laboratory Confirmed Cases Occurring in Community Settings (Including, but Not Limited to, Schools, Correctional Facilities, Day Care and Sports Teams) (Reportable by telephone or facsimile as soon as possible, within 24 hours) (Repealed)

Section 690.660 Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin Resistant (MRSA), Any Occurrence in an Infant Less Than 61 Days of Age (Reportable by telephone or facsimile as soon as possible, within 24 hours) (Repealed)

Section 690.661 Staphylococcus aureus Infections with Intermediate (Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) between 4 and 8) (VISA) or High-Level Resistance to Vancomycin (MIC greater than or equal to 16) (VRSA) (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically within three days)

Section 690.670 Streptococcal Infections, Group A, Invasive Disease (Including Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome and Necrotizing fasciitis) In Persons in Hospitals or Residing in a Residential Facility, including antibiotic susceptibility test results (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically within 24 hours)

Section 690.675 Streptococcal Infections, Group B, Invasive Disease, of the Newborn (birth to 3 months) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically, within 7 days) (Repealed)

Section 690.678 Streptococcus pneumoniae, Invasive Disease in Children Younger than 5 Years (Including Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Results) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.680 Syphilis (Repealed)

Section 690.690 Tetanus (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.695 Toxic Shock syndrome due to Staphylococcus aureus Infection (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.698 Tickborne Infections (Includes African Tick Bite Fever, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Bourbon Virus, Ehrlichiosis, Heartland Virus, Lyme Disease and Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically, within three days)

Section 690.700 Trachoma (Repealed)

Section 690.710 Trichinosis (Trichinellosis) due to Trichinella spiralis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

Section 690.720 Tuberculosis (Repealed)

Section 690.725 Tularemia (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours, unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours))

Section 690.730 Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.740 Typhus (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.745 Vibriosis (Other than Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three Days)

Section 690.750 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.752 Yersiniosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically, within seven days) (Repealed)

Section 690.800 Any Suspected Bioterrorist Threat or Event (Reportable by telephone immediately, within 3 hours upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

SUBPART E: DEFINITIONS

Section 690.900 Definition of Terms (Renumbered)

SUBPART F: GENERAL PROCEDURES

Section 690.1000 General Procedures for the Control of Communicable Diseases (Renumbered)

Section 690.1010 Incorporated and Referenced Materials (Renumbered)

SUBPART G: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Section 690.1100 The Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Repealed)

SUBPART H: PROCEDURES FOR WHEN DEATH OCCURS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Section 690.1200 Death of a Person Who Had a Known or Suspected Communicable Disease

Section 690.1210 Funerals (Repealed)

SUBPART I: ISOLATION, QUARANTINE, AND CLOSURE

Section 690. 1300 General Purpose

Section 690.1305 Department of Public Health Authority

Section 690.1310 Local Health Authority

Section 690.1315 Responsibilities and Duties of the Certified Local Health Department

Section 690.1320 Responsibilities and Duties of Health Care Providers

Section 690.1325 Conditions and Principles for Isolation and Quarantine

Section 690.1330 Order and Procedure for Isolation, Quarantine and Closure

Section 690.1335 Isolation or Quarantine Premises

Section 690.1340 Enforcement

Section 690.1345 Relief from Isolation, Quarantine, or Closure

Section 690.1350 Consolidation

Section 690.1355 Access to Medical or Health Information

Section 690.1360 Right to Counsel

Section 690.1365 Service of Isolation, Quarantine, or Closure Order

Section 690.1370 Documentation

Section 690.1375 Voluntary Isolation, Quarantine, or Closure

Section 690.1380 Physical Examination, Testing and Collection of Laboratory Specimens

Section 690.1385 Vaccinations, Medications, or Other Treatments

Section 690.1390 Observation and Monitoring

Section 690.1400 Transportation of Persons Subject to Public Health or Court Order

Section 690.1405 Information Sharing

Section 690.1410 Amendment and Termination of Orders

Section 690.1415 Penalties

SUBPART J: REGISTRIES

Section 690.1500 Extensively Drug-Resistant Organism Registry

Section 690.1510 Entities Required to Submit and Query Information

Section 690.1520 Information Required to be Reported

Section 690.1530 Methods of Reporting XDRO Registry Information

Section 690.1540 Availability of Information

Section 690.EXHIBIT A Typhoid Fever Agreement (Repealed)

AUTHORITY: Implementing the Communicable Disease Report Act [745 ILCS 45] and implementing and authorized by the Department of Public Health Act [20 ILCS 2305] and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law [20 ILCS 2310].

SOURCE: Amended July 1, 1977; emergency amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 14, p. 7, effective March 21, 1979, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 52, p. 131, effective December 7, 1979; emergency amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 21, p. 97, effective May 14, 1980, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 183, effective September 9, 1980; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 16183, effective November 23, 1983; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 14273; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 24135, effective November 29, 1984; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 6331, effective April 18, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 9124, effective June 3, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 11643, effective July 19, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 10730, effective June 3, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 7677, effective July 1, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 10045, effective May 27, 1988; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11679, effective August 15, 1991; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 10158, effective July 15, 1994; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 10849, effective August 20, 1999; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 3937, effective April 1, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 10701, effective July 1, 2002; emergency amendment at 27 Ill. Reg. 592, effective January 2, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired May 31, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 10294, effective June 30, 2003; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 14565, effective August 23, 2006; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 12063, effective July 15, 2013; recodified at 38 Ill. Reg. 5408; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 5533, effective February 11, 2014; emergency amendment at 38 Ill. Reg. 21954, effective November 5, 2014, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 4116, effective March 9, 2015; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 11063, effective July 24, 2015; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 12586, effective August 26, 2015; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 7146, effective April 21, 2016; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 2386, effective February 8, 2019; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 9282, effective May 15, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment repealed by emergency rulemaking at 44 Ill. Reg. 10000, effective May 20, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 13473, effective August 3, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 20145, effective December 9, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 13807, effective August 7, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency rule expired January 3, 2021; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 987, effective January 4, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment repealed by emergency rulemaking at 45 Ill. Reg. 6777, effective May 17, 2021, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 12123, effective September 17, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days, emergency amendment to emergency rule at 46 Ill. Reg. 1956, effective January 12, 2022, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency expired February 13, 2022; emergency amendment at 46 Ill. Reg. 3434, effective February 14, 2022, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment suspended by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules at 46 Ill. Reg. 3608, effective February 15, 2022; emergency amendment repealed by emergency rulemaking at 46 Ill. Reg. 6968, effective April 22, 2022, for the remainder of the 150 days; SUBPARTS B and D Recodified at 47 Ill. Reg. 8041; SUBPART H Recodified at 47 Ill. Reg. 10669; amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 18112, effective November 22, 2023; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 15900, effective October 23, 2024.

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