2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Schedule 2

PART 1

(Regulation 2)

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

1.     Cholera*

2.     Coronaviruses – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS CoV) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS CoV)

3.     Hendra Virus Infection

4.     Influenza* – (Seasonal and pandemic)

5.     Malaria

6.     Nipah Infection

7.     Plague*

8.     Polio*

9.     Rift Valley Fever

10.     Small pox* and human monkey pox

11.     Tuberculosis (Pulmonary and Extra pulmonary)

12.     Tularaemia

13.     Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (Ebola virus, Lassa, Marburg, Crimcan-Congo)

14.     Yellow Fever (Urban or Sylvatic)*

15.     Zika

16.     Diseases subject to the International Health Regulations

17.     Chikungunya virus

18.     Chlamydia

19.     Ciguatera Poisoning

20.     Dengue Fever

21.     Drug resistance organisms (MRSA, ESBL, etc.)

22.     Foodborne Illness

23.     Gonorrhoea

24.     Hepatitis A & C

25.     HIV and AIDS

26.     Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)

27.     Leptospirosis

28.     Meningococcal Infection (due to Neisseria meningitidis)

29.     Rabies (in humans)

30.     Scabies

31.     Syphilis

32.     Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers

33.     Viral Encephalitis / Meningitis

34.     West Nile virus

35.     Zika virus

36.     Zoonotic Diseases (e.g.     Rabies, etc.)

37.     Bacterial Meningitis —

     (a)     Meningitis Haemophilus Influenzae

     (b)     Tuberculosis Meningitis

     (c)     Non-Specific Meningitis

     (d)     Neisseria Meningitidis Meningitis

38.     Chicken Pox

39.     Diphtheria

40.     Hepatitis B

41.     Measles

42.     Mumps

43.     Neonatal Tetanus

44.     Poliomyelitis

45.     Tetanus

46.     Whooping Cough

47.     Schistosomiasis/Bilharzia.

PART 2

(Regulation 4D)

DISEASES TO BE NOTIFIED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR
HOURS OF SUSPICION OR DIAGNOSIS

1.     Cholera

2.     Influenza – (Seasonal and pandemic)

3.     Plague

4.     Polio

5.     Small pox and human monkey pox

6.     Yellow Fever (Urban or Sylvatic)

7.     Diphtheria

8.     Pertussis/Whooping Cough

9.     Rubella

10.     Neisseria meningitides infections

11.     S. pneumonia infections

12.     Haemophilus influenza infections

13.     Mumps

14.     Measles

15.     Haemorrhagic Fevers (Ebola virus, Lassa, Marburg, Crimean-Congo)

16.     Tuberculosis

17.     Norovirus

18.     Anthrax

19.     Coronaviruses-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS CoV), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS CoV)

20.     Maternal death*

*     An event to be notified within 24 hours of suspicion or diagnosis

(Amended by S.I. 21/1991 and substituted by S.I. 19/2020)