Current through September 2, 2024
Section 16.02.10.200 - CHOLERA01.Reporting Requirements. Each case or suspected case of cholera must be reported to the Department or Health District within one (1) working day.02.Investigation. Each reported case of cholera must be investigated to confirm the diagnosis, identify clusters or outbreaks of the infection, and identify contacts, carriers, and the source of the infection.03.Handling of Report. The Department and the Health District will exchange reported information within one (1) working day on any reported case of cholera.04.Restrictions - Daycare Facility. A person excreting Vibrio cholerae must not attend a daycare facility while fecally incontinent and must not work in any occupation that provides personal care to children in a daycare facility while the disease is in a communicable form, unless an exemption is obtained from the Department or Health District.05.Restrictions - Food Service Facility. A symptomatic person excreting Vibrio cholerae must be managed under IDAPA 16.02.19, "Idaho Food Code."06.Restrictions - Health Care Facility. A person excreting Vibrio cholerae must not work in any occupation that provides personal care to persons confined in a health care or residential facility while in a communicable form, unless an exemption is obtained from the Department or Health District. A person in a health care facility who has cholera must be managed under the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," as incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.07.Restrictions - Household Contacts. A member of the household in which there is a case of cholera may not work in any occupations listed in Subsections 200.04 through 200.06 of this rule, unless approved by the Department or Health District. The household member must be asymptomatic and provide at least one (1) approved fecal specimen found to be negative on a culture by a licensed laboratory prior to being approved for work.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.10.200