National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Surveillance and the Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions, 2017

Chapter 2 : Declaration of Notifiable Medical Conditions

13. Notification and reporting process

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(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.