醫事人員發現人類免疫缺乏病毒感染者通報辦法

This set of Regulations is formulated in accordance with regulations of Paragraph 1, Article 13 of the HIV Infection Control and Patient Rights Protection Act (hereafter referred to as the Act).

1Persons that shall be reported in accordance with this set of Regulations are as follows:

21. Persons who are infected with HIV but have not developed AIDS (hereafter referred to as asymptomatic case);

32. AIDS patients who are confirmed with HIV infection (hereafter referred to as “AIDS patients”);

43. Children under the age of 18 months who are suspected of being infected with HIV (hereafter referred to as “young children suspected of infection”);

54. Pregnant/postpartum women suspected of being infected with HIV (hereafter referred to as “pregnant/postpartum women suspected of infection”); and

65. Other persons the reporting of whom is deemed required by the central competent authority.

1Physicians, upon detection of persons that shall be reported, shall, in addition to reporting immediately to the local competent authorities, immediately adopt necessary infection control measures.

2Medical personnel other than physicians detect, in their performance of duties, persons that shall be reported, shall, in addition to report immediately to the local competent authorities, immediately report to the physicians in attendance.

3When information of the reporting mentioned in the two preceding Paragraphs is insufficient, local competent authorities may ask for supplementation within specified deadline.

1When reporting, medical personnel shall submit the following information:

21. For “asymptomatic case”: Submit a communicable disease case report which includes name, national identity number or passport number or resident permit number, sex, date of birth, and domicile of the person, date of diagnosis, facility that confirmed the laboratory testing, and risk factors of infection, etc.

32. For “AIDS patients”: Submit an AIDS case report which includes name, national identity number or passport number or resident permit number, sex, and date of birth of the patient, date of diagnosis, and basis for diagnosis, etc.

43. For “young children suspected of infection”: Submit a suspected vertical mother-to-child transmission case report which includes name, sex, date of birth, and domicile of the infant/baby suspected of infection, whether preventive medication was given at birth, specimens collected for laboratory testing, date of blood collection, name and national identity number of birth mother, etc.

54. For “pregnant/postpartum women suspected of infection”: Submit a pregnant/postpartum women suspected of HIV infection case report which includes name, national identity number or passport number or resident permit number, date of birth and domicile of the pregnant/postpartum woman suspected of infection, gestational age, estimated due date, status of previous pregnancies, risk factors for infection, the laboratory testing facility, specimens collected for laboratory testing, etc.

Reporting shall be made in principle in writing or online. When necessary, reporting may be made in advance initially by telephone or electronic mail.

Upon receipt of the reporting mentioned in the preceding Article, local competent authorities shall immediately forward the report to the central competent authority, and submit in time to the central competent authority information relevant to the investigation of the epidemic situation.

Local competent authorities shall place the cases reported under management, and by the needs of epidemic situation, visit the cases periodically to make arrangement for diagnosis and treatment or necessary supervision.

This set of Regulations shall be implemented on the day of announcement.