Section 690.698  Tickborne Disease (includes Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically, within 7 days)

a)         Control of Case.  Standard Precautions shall be followed.

b)         Control of Contacts.  No restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting.  Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia species, Borrelia burgdorferi or Rickettsia rickettsii infection.

(Source:  Added at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)