As stated in Section 690.200 of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Rules& Regulations for the Control of Communicable Diseases, February 11, 2014:

1) Each of the following persons or any other person having knowledge of a suspected case or  carrier of a disease or condition or death from a notifiable disease or condition shall report the case, suspect case, carrier or death in humans within the time frames set forth in Section 690.100:

A) Physicians

B) Physician assistants

C) Nurses

D) Nursing assistants

E) Dentists

F) Health care practitioners

G) Emergency medical services personnel

H) Infection Preventionists

I) Laboratory personnel

J) Long-term care personnel

K) Any institution, school, college/university, child care facility or camp personnel

L) Pharmacists

M) Poison control center personnel

N) Blood bank and organ transplant personnel

O) Coroners, funeral directors, morticians and embalmers

P) Medical examiners

Q) Veterinarians

R) Correctional facility personnel

S) Food service management personnel

T) The master, pilot or any other person in charge of any bus, train, ship or boat, and the commander, pilot or any other person in charge of any aircraft within the jurisdiction of the State

U) Researchers

V) Animal control or animal shelter employees 

W) Any other person having knowledge of a known or suspected case or carrier of a notifiable disease or condition or disease or disease or condition-related death.

2) An individual required to report notifiable diseases or conditions who is unsure whether the case meets the definition of a suspect case shall make a report if the suspect disease, infection or condition is one that is required to be reported immediately, is highly transmissible, or could result in health consequences to others.

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