"Health care facility." A health care facility that is
licensed under any of the following:
(1) Article X of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
No.21), known as the Human Services Code.
(2) The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as
the Health Care Facilities Act.
"Pharmacy." As defined in section 2 of the act of September
27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act.
§ 57B02. Reporting.
(a) Health care practitioner or health care facility.--A
health care practitioner or health care facility that has a
patient under their care with a positive diagnosis for COVID-19
shall electronically submit a report to the department, using
the format determined by the department, within three days of
the receipt of the positive test result.
(b) Dispenser or pharmacy.--A dispenser or pharmacy that
administers the test for COVID-19 and receives the test results
shall electronically submit a report to the department, using
the format determined by the department, within three days of
the positive test result.
(c) Contents.--
(1) A report under this subsection shall include each
record dated from January 21, 2020, to the present that
identifies racial and ethnic demographic data, including
socioeconomic groups including race, color, national origin,
sex, age or disability for each test, positive diagnosis,
patient outcome of the COVID-19 virus by zip code for each
county in this Commonwealth.
(2) The raw statistical data used in each report
submitted under this subsection shall be available for public
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