Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-376

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

Section R9-6-376 - Smallpox

A. Case control measures:

1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall isolate and institute both airborne precautions and contact precautions for a smallpox case or suspect case, until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner.

2. A local health agency shall:

a. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a smallpox case or suspect case, notify the Department within 24 hours after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report;

b. In consultation with the Department:

i. Ensure that isolation and both airborne precautions and contact precautions have been instituted for a smallpox case or suspect case to prevent transmission, and

ii. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported smallpox case or suspect case;

c. For each smallpox case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D); and

d. Ensure that a specimen from each smallpox case or suspect case, as required by the Department, is submitted to the Arizona State Laboratory.

B. Contact control measures: A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall:

1. Quarantine or exclude a smallpox contact as necessary, according to R9-6-303, to prevent transmission; and

2. Monitor the contact for smallpox symptoms, including fever, each day for 21 calendar days after last exposure.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-376

Section renumbered from R9-6-368 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-376 renumbered to R9-6-383; new R9-6-376 renumbered from R9-6-369and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended and renumbered from R9-6-371 by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2607, effective 1/1/2018.