Code of Virginia § 32.1-37.01. Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat.
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A. As used in this section:
"Reporting entity" 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 § 32.1-37 .
B. Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor pursuant to § 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 § 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 § 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.
2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 12 , 24 .