Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-343

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-6-343 - Hepatitis A

A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 or R9-6-203 of a hepatitis A case or suspect case, notify the Department within one working day after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report;

2. Exclude a hepatitis A case or suspect case from working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attending a child care establishment during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;

3. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported hepatitis A case or suspect case; and

4. For each hepatitis A case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).

B. Contact control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Exclude a hepatitis A contact with symptoms of hepatitis A from working as a food handler during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;

2. For 45 calendar days after exposure, monitor a food handler who was a contact of a hepatitis A case during the infectious period for symptoms of hepatitis A; and

3. Evaluate the level of risk of transmission from each contact's exposure to a hepatitis A case and, if indicated, provide or arrange for each contact to receive prophylaxis and immunization.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-343

Renumbered from R9-6-736 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-343 renumbered to R9-6-346; new Section R9-4-343 renumbered from R9-6-340 and amended effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-343 renumbered to R9-6-351; new R9-6-343 renumbered from R9-6-336 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-343 renumbered to R9-6-346; new R9-6-343 renumbered from R9-6-340and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended and renumbered from R9-6-337 by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2606, effective 1/1/2018.