Current through September 2, 2024
Section 16.02.10.110 - AMEBIASIS AND FREE-LIVING AMEBAE01.Reporting Requirements. Each case of amebiasis or infection with free-living amebae (Ancanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, or Naegleria fowleri) must be reported to the Department or Health District within three (3) working days of identification.02.Investigation. Each reported case of infection with free-living amebae must be investigated to determine the source of infection. Each reported case of amebiasis must be investigated to determine whether the person with amebiasis is employed as a food employee, provides personal care at a health care or daycare facility, or is a child attending a daycare facility.03.Restrictions - Daycare Facility. A person excreting Entamoeba histolytica must not attend a daycare facility while fecally incontinent and must not work in any occupation in which they provide personal care to children in a daycare facility, unless an exemption is made by the Department or Health District. a. This restriction may be withdrawn if an effective therapeutic regimen is completed; orb. At least two (2) successive approved fecal specimens collected at least twenty-four (24) hours apart fail to show Entamoeba histolytica upon testing by a licensed laboratory.04.Restrictions - Food Service Facility. A symptomatic person excreting Entamoeba histolytica is restricted from working as a food employee. a. This restriction may be withdrawn if an effective therapeutic regimen is completed; orb. At least two (2) successive approved fecal specimens collected at least twenty-four (24) hours apart fail to show Entamoeba histolytica upon testing by a licensed laboratory.05.Restrictions - Health Care Facility. A person excreting Entamoeba histolytica must not work in any occupation in which they provide personal care to persons confined to a health care facility, unless an exemption is made by the Department or Health District. a. This restriction may be withdrawn if an effective therapeutic regimen is completed; orb. At least two (2) successive approved fecal specimens collected at least twenty-four (24) hours apart fail to show Entamoeba histolytica upon testing by a licensed laboratory.06.Restrictions - Household Contacts. A member of the household in which there is a case of amebiasis may not work in any occupations in Subsections 110.03 through 110.05 of this rule, unless approved by the Department or Health District. The household member must be asymptomatic and have at least one (1) approved fecal specimen found to be negative for ova and parasites on examination by a licensed laboratory prior to being approved for work.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.10.110