                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSTING OF INFORMATION ABOUT CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
THREAT (§ 32.1-37.01)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Reporting entity&#8221; means a medical care facility, residential or
day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the
Commonwealth, school, or summer camp required to report an outbreak of a
communicable disease pursuant to &#xA7; 32.1-37.

B. Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor pursuant to &#xA7; 44-146.17
in response to a communicable disease of public health threat, the Department
shall make information regarding outbreaks of such communicable disease of
public health threat reported pursuant to &#xA7; 32.1-37 available to the public
on a website maintained by the Department, provided the release of such
information does not violate the provisions of &#xA7; 32.1-41. Such information
shall include (i) the name of the reporting entity at which an outbreak of such
communicable disease of public health threat has been reported; (ii) the number
of confirmed cases of such communicable disease of public health threat reported
by such reporting entity; and (iii) the number of deaths resulting from such
communicable disease of public health threat reported by such reporting entity.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 12, 24.