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Amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations
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The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is proposing amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations to update the Schedules, create additional registers, and update reporting requirements for notifiable and reportable diseases, conditions and tests.
These amendments reflect best practice and will assist the Department in dealing with emerging diseases in a timely manner to ensure the public health of residents is protected.
Have Your Say
The proposed amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations were publicly posted for feedback from August 4 to September 30, 2023. The time frame was extended beyond 30 days to account for the wildfire evacuation.
The Department of Health and Social Services (Department) received one written response from a Public Health Professional with a question about the lists of reportable and notifiable diseases.
Background
The Public Health Act and Regulations set out provisions to protect the health of NWT residents from a broad range of health risks. The Act has regulation-making authority which applies to establishing and maintaining registries and requiring health professionals to provide information, including personal health information in respect to notifiable and reportable diseases, conditions, and tests to the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO). These requirements are for the purposes of public health surveillance, promotion, and disease control.
The Disease Surveillance Regulationsset out which registers must be maintained, as well as the timelines and information health care professionals must report to the CPHO. The schedules identify which conditions, diseases and tests are notifiable or reportable. The difference between a notifiable and a reportable disease, condition or test is the timeline for reporting and providing the information to the CPHO. As well, generally a condition, disease or test that is notifiable is for public health surveillance and promotion by monitoring for changes and trends. Whereas a condition, disease or test that is reportable is more about the control of communicable diseases that pose a significant threat to public health.
It has become increasingly evident through the COVID-19 pandemic and emergence of other diseases and conditions that pose a significant risk to public health, like mpox (formerly monkeypox), that the CPHO requires greater flexibility to set reporting requirements for the purpose of public health surveillance and disease control.
Mandatory disease reporting plays a critical role in preventing and controlling the spread of disease in the Northwest Territories.
Completed
The amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations came into force on December 1, 2023.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is proposing amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations to update the Schedules, create additional registers, and update reporting requirements for notifiable and reportable diseases, conditions and tests.
These amendments reflect best practice and will assist the Department in dealing with emerging diseases in a timely manner to ensure the public health of residents is protected.
Have Your Say
The proposed amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations were publicly posted for feedback from August 4 to September 30, 2023. The time frame was extended beyond 30 days to account for the wildfire evacuation.
The Department of Health and Social Services (Department) received one written response from a Public Health Professional with a question about the lists of reportable and notifiable diseases.
Background
The Public Health Act and Regulations set out provisions to protect the health of NWT residents from a broad range of health risks. The Act has regulation-making authority which applies to establishing and maintaining registries and requiring health professionals to provide information, including personal health information in respect to notifiable and reportable diseases, conditions, and tests to the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO). These requirements are for the purposes of public health surveillance, promotion, and disease control.
The Disease Surveillance Regulationsset out which registers must be maintained, as well as the timelines and information health care professionals must report to the CPHO. The schedules identify which conditions, diseases and tests are notifiable or reportable. The difference between a notifiable and a reportable disease, condition or test is the timeline for reporting and providing the information to the CPHO. As well, generally a condition, disease or test that is notifiable is for public health surveillance and promotion by monitoring for changes and trends. Whereas a condition, disease or test that is reportable is more about the control of communicable diseases that pose a significant threat to public health.
It has become increasingly evident through the COVID-19 pandemic and emergence of other diseases and conditions that pose a significant risk to public health, like mpox (formerly monkeypox), that the CPHO requires greater flexibility to set reporting requirements for the purpose of public health surveillance and disease control.
Mandatory disease reporting plays a critical role in preventing and controlling the spread of disease in the Northwest Territories.
Completed
The amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations came into force on December 1, 2023.
Status
Closed
Amendments to the Disease Surveillance Regulations has finished this stage
This engagement was open from August 4, 2023 to September 30, 2023.
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