Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-392

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

Section R9-6-392 - Varicella (Chickenpox)

A. Case control measures:

1. An administrator of a school or child care establishment, either personally or through a representative, shall exclude a varicella case from the school or child care establishment and from school- or child-care-establishment-sponsored events until lesions are dry and crusted.

2. An administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall isolate and implement airborne precautions for a varicella case until the case is no longer infectious.

3. A local health agency shall:

a. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported case of death due to primary varicella infection; and

b. For each reported case of death due to varicella infection, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).

B. Contact control measures:

1. When a varicella case has been at a school or child care establishment, the administrator of the school or child care establishment, either personally or through a representative, shall:

a. Consult with the local health agency to determine who shall be excluded and how long each individual shall be excluded from the school or child care establishment, and

b. Comply with the local health agency's recommendations for exclusion.

2. A local health agency shall determine which contacts of a varicella case will be:

a. Excluded from a school or child care establishment, and

b. Advised to obtain an immunization against varicella.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-392

Section R9-6-392 renumbered from R9-6-386and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended and renumbered from R9-6-388 by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2608, effective 1/1/2018.