(1) Subject to the limitation in (2), if a local health officer receives information about a case of any of the following diseases, the officer must ensure that a specimen from the case is submitted to the department, when possible, which will be analyzed to confirm the existence or absence of the disease in question, or for use in surveillance:

(a) Anthrax;

(b) Botulism;

(c) Brucellosis;

(d) Campylobacteriosis;

(e) Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE);

(f) Cholera;

(g) Diphtheria;

(h) Escherichia coli, shiga toxin-producing (STEC);

(i) Gastroenteritis outbreak;

(j) Gonorrhea;

(k) Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease;

(l) Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome or infection;

(m) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

(n) Influenza;

(o) Listeriosis;

(p) Measles (rubeola);

(q) Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis);

(r) Pertussis;

(s) Plague;

(t) Poliomyelitis, paralytic or non-paralytic;

(u) Rabies (human);

(v) Rubella (including congenital);

(w) Salmonellosis;

(x) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) disease;

(y) Shigellosis;

(z) Smallpox;

(aa) Syphilis;

(ab) Trichinellosis (Trichinosis);

(ac) Tuberculosis;

(ad) Typhoid fever;

(ae) Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA);

(af) Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA); and

(ag) Vibriosis.

(2) In the event of an outbreak of gastroenteritis, influenza, measles, or pertussis, analysis of specimens from each case is unnecessary after the disease organism is determined by the department.

(3) A laboratory professional or any other person in possession of a specimen from a case of a disease listed in (1)(a) through (af) must submit the specimen to the department upon request.

(4) If no specimen from the case is otherwise available and the case refuses to allow a specimen to be taken for purposes of (1), the case will be assumed to be infected and must comply with whatever control measures are imposed by the department, or the local health officer.