Summary


The proposed rule amendments eliminate duplication and contradictory language by consolidating 29 sections into 21, reducing five (5) sections related to practitioner and laboratory reporting to two (2), standardized/reduce reporting time frames from nine (9) to three (3), establishes rules for the electronic reporting of positive laboratory reports indicating the presence of a notifiable disease, added the required reporting of HIV exposed infants and newborns to the department and established STD testing requirements during pregnancy to comply with statutory changes to 384.31 and 384.25 F.S. respectively.