DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

BUREAU OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH

 DEFINITION OF "INFECTIOUS AGENT"

Filed with the secretary of state on

These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the secretary of state unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(6) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a.  Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.

(By authority conferred on the department of public health and human services by sections 2221, 2226, 2233, and 2843b of Act No. 368 of the Public  Acts  of  1978 PA 368,  as  amended,  being MCL SS333.2221, 333.2226, 333.2233, and 333.2843b, and Executive Reorganization Order No. 2015-1, MCL 400.227 of the Michigan Compiled Laws)

R 325.9031 of the Michigan Administrative Code is amended, as follows:

R  325.9031   Definition; "infectious agent."

   Rule 1. For purposes of section 2843b of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being S333.2843b of the Michigan  Compiled  Laws,  "infectious agent"  means any of the following diseases or organisms:

(a) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

(b) Anthrax.

(c) Brucellosis.

(d) Cholera.

(e) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

(f) Diphtheria.

(g) [si=?]Campylobacter species[ri=?].

(h) [si=?]Cryptosporidium species[ri=?].

(i) [si=?]Entamoeba histolytica[ri=?](amebic dysentery).

(j) [si=?]Giardia lamblia[ri=?].

(k) [si=?]Salmonella species,[ri=?] including typhoid fever.

(l)  [si=?]Shigella species[ri=?].

(m) [si=?]Yersinia enterocolitica[ri=?].

(n) Hepatitis, viral, any type.

(o) [si=?]Group A streptococcus[ri=?].

(p) Plague.

(q) Poliomyelitis, acute infectious.

(r) Rat-bite fever, spirillum or [si=?]streptobacillary[ri=?].

(s) Relapsing fever.

(t) Rickettsial fevers, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus.

(u) Syphilis, primary and secondary.

(v) [si=?]Mycobacterium tuberculosis[ri=?].

(w) Tularemia ([si=?]Pasteurella tularesis[ri=?]).

(x) Viral hemorrhagic fevers, including Lassa fever, Ebola disease, and Marburg virus disease.

(y) Meningococcus ([si=?]Neisseria meningitidis[ri=?]).

(z) Leprosy (Hansen's disease; [si=?]Mycobacterium leprae[ri=?]).

(aa) Leptospirosis.

(bb) Trypanosomiasis, such as Chagas' disease and African sleeping sickness.

(cc) Rabies.

   The department, consistent with section 2843b of the public health code, MCL 333.2843b, shall review, maintain, and publish a list of infectious agents.  The list will be published at www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/infectiousagentreporting.