36-785. Information sharing during an enhanced
surveillance advisory
A. During an enhanced surveillance advisory, when a public safety authority learns
of a suspicious disease event, or it learns of a threatened bioterrorism act at any time,
it shall immediately notify the department or the local health authority, and the agency
that receives this information must immediately notify the other agency.
B. When the department or the local health authority identifies a reportable
illness or health condition, unusual disease cluster or suspicious disease event that it
reasonably believes may be caused by bioterrorism, the department or local health
authority must immediately notify at any time the appropriate public safety authority
and, if appropriate, tribal health authorities.
C. Sharing of information on reportable illnesses, health conditions, unusual
disease clusters or suspicious disease events between public safety and local health
authorities is limited to the information necessary to effect the enhanced surveillance
advisory and does not include the release of medical records to public safety
authorities. Information from which a person might be identified that is received by the
department, local health authority or public safety authority in the course of an
enhanced surveillance advisory is confidential and not available to the public.
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