§ 23-07-02 — Who to report reportable diseases

Except as otherwise provided by section 23-07-02.1, the following persons or their
designees shall report to the department of health and human services any reportable disease
coming to their knowledge:
1. All health care providers, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse
practitioners, nurses, dentists, medical examiners or coroners, pharmacists,
emergency medical service providers, and local health officers.
2. The director, principal manager, or chief executive officer of:
a. Health care institutions, including hospitals, medical centers, clinics, long-term
care facilities, assisted living facilities, or other institutional facilities;
b. Medical or diagnostic laboratories;
c. Blood bank collection or storage centers;

d. Public and private elementary and secondary schools;
e. Public and private universities and colleges;
f. Health or correctional institutions operated or regulated by municipal, county or
multicounty, state, or federal governments;
g. Funeral establishments and mortuaries; and
h. Child care facilities or camps.
3. The state veterinarian, if the disease may be transmitted directly or indirectly to or
between humans and animals.
4. A person having knowledge that a person or persons are suspected of having a
reportable disease may notify the department and provide all information known to the
person reporting concerning the reportable disease or condition of the person or
persons.
If the person reporting is the attending physician or the physician's designee, the physician or
the physician's designee shall report not less than twice a week, in the form and manner
directed by the department of health and human services, the condition of the person afflicted
and the state of the disease. A person making a report in good faith is immune from liability for
any damages which may be caused by that act.