Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §820, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 694, Pt. A, §1 and affected by PL 2003, c. 366, §1, is amended to read:

A. Upon request of the department, a medical health care provider, pharmacist, medical laboratory or veterinarian shall provide to the department health information directly related to a declared extreme public health emergency.

Sec. 16. 22 MRSA §820, sub-§1, ¶¶C and D are enacted to read:

C.__The department may implement rules to address the risk or potential risk of a shortage of health care workers.__ These rules are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

D.__The department may implement rules to address the need for dispensing drugs in an emergency situation.__These rules are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 17. 22 MRSA §820, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 694, Pt. A, §1 and affected by PL 2003, c. 366, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 18. 22 MRSA §§821 to 823, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 487, §11, are amended to read:

§821. Authority of department

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to section 802 and establish procedures to carry out the rules to provide a uniform system of reporting, recording and collecting information and maintaining confidentiality concerning communicable diseases, environmental or occupational diseases or exposure to toxic agents. The department may designate any communicable disease, environmental disease, occupational disease or exposure to a toxic agent as a notifiable disease or condition. Any notifiable disease shall or condition must be reported to the department in accordance with this subchapter and the rules established by the department.

§822. Reporting

Whenever any physician knows or has reason to believe that any person whom the physician examines or cares for has or is afflicted with any communicable disease or condition designated