(1)
| (a) |
A health care provider who diagnoses a patient with a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 1, must report the medical condition to the focal person at the health sub-district level by the most rapid means available upon diagnosis, even before the case is laboratory confirmed in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (b) |
The report contemplated in subregulation (a) must be followed by a written or electronic notification within 24 hours of diagnosis, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (c) |
A health care provider who diagnoses a patient with a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 2, must notify the focal person at the health sub-district level of the medical condition within seven (7) days of diagnosis, through a written or electronic notification, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
(2)
| (a) |
A health care provider who diagnoses or treats a patient with a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2, and the patient subsequently dies as a result of such a condition, must report the death to the focal person at the health sub-district level by the most rapid means available in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (b) |
The report contemplated in subregulation (a) must be followed by a written or electronic notification within 24 hours of diagnosis, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
(3)
| (a) |
A pathologist or laboratory personnel, who diagnoses a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 1, must, upon diagnosis, report the medical condition to the focal person at the health sub -district level by the most rapid means available in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (b) |
The report contemplated in subregulation (a) must be followed by a written or electronic notification within 24 hours of diagnosis, to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (c) |
A pathologist or laboratory personnel, who diagnoses a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 2, must notify the focal person at the health sub-district level of the medical condition within seven (7) days of diagnosis, through a written or electronic notification in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response; |
| (d) |
A pathologist or laboratory personnel, who diagnoses a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 3, must notify the focal person at the health sub-district level of the medical condition within 7 days of diagnosis, through a written or electronic notification, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
| (e) |
A pathologist or laboratory personnel, who diagnoses a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Table 4, must notify the focal person at the health sub-district level of the medical condition within 1 month of diagnosis, through a written or electronic notification, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
| (4) |
A Medical Scheme must report a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4, for which it has received a claim from a health care provider, a pathologist or laboratory personnel, to the national department on a monthly basis in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
(5)
| (a) |
A health care provider, pathologist or laboratory personnel who has knowledge of an outbreak or an unusual incidence of— |
| (i) |
a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4; |
| (ii) |
a medical condition deemed to be notifiable by the Minister; or |
| (iii) |
any other unusual case or cluster of disease not listed in Annexure A, |
must immediately report the outbreak or unusual incidence to the focal person at the health sub- district level, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response;
| (b) |
The report contemplated in subregulation (a) must be followed by a written or electronic notification within 24 hours of diagnosis, in order to facilitate the implementation of public health measures and response. |
(6)
| (a) |
A health care provider, must report data elements for notifiable medical conditions listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2 as detailed in Annexure B, Table 1; |
| (b) |
A pathologist and laboratory personnel, must report data elements for notifiable medical conditions listed in Annexure A, Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 as detailed in Annexure B, Table 2; |
| (c) |
A Medical Scheme must report data elements for notifiable medical conditions listed in Annexure A, Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 as detailed in Annexure B, Table 3. |
Statistics Act, 1999
