Reportable Disease Rule (Communicable Disease Reporting Rule):
Infectious Disease Reporting

Information about Minnesota's communicable disease reporting rule, revisions made to the communicable disease reporting rule, and information about disease reporting and HIPAA.

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Communicable disease reporting rule
HIPAA and disease reporting

Communicable disease reporting rule

• Communicable Disease Rules, Chapter 4605
  MDH Summary of Minnesota Rules, Parts 4605.7500 to 4605.7900.
  September 13, 2005
  
  
• Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4605
  Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. Attention: Non-MDH link
  

HIPAA and disease reporting

• Communicable Disease Reporting and HIPAA (PDF: 31KB/4 pages)
  An analysis of how HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) interacts with the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, as well as information about logging public health disclosures under HIPAA.
  

• April 11 MMWR, early release: HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health; Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  Attention: Non-MDH link
  
  
  

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