Must a physician wait for lab reports confirming the communicable disease or condition before making the report?
Usually no. Sometimes the reporting requirement may specify that reports are required only after a disease or condition has been confirmed through laboratory testing. For example, only confirmed HIV is reportable. But in most cases, a report is required when the physician has reason to suspect that a person about whom the physician has been professionally consulted has a communicable disease or condition.
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