Current through September 2, 2024
Section 16.02.10.550 - PLAGUE01.Reporting Requirements. Each case or suspected case of plague must be reported to the Department or Health District immediately, at the time of identification, day or night.02.Investigation. Each reported case of plague must be investigated to confirm the diagnosis, determine the source, identify clusters or outbreaks of the infection, and whether there has been person-to-person transmission.03.Handling of Report. Each case of plague reported to the Department is reported to the Idaho Department of Agriculture if animals are involved.04.Restrictions - Daycare Facility. A person who is diagnosed with pneumonic plague must not work in any occupation in which there is direct contact with children, or attend a daycare facility, as long as the disease is in a communicable form.05.Restrictions - Health Care Facility.a. A person with or suspected of having pneumonic plague in a health care facility must be managed under the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," as incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.b. A person with or suspected of having bubonic plague in health care facility must be managed under the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," as incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.06.Restrictions - School. A person diagnosed with pneumonic plague must not attend or work in any occupation in which there is direct contact with children, in a private, parochial, charter, or public school as long as the disease is in a communicable form.07.Prophylaxis of Contacts. Household members and face-to-face contacts of a person with pneumonic plague must be placed on chemoprophylaxis and placed under surveillance for seven (7) days. A person who refuses chemoprophylaxis must be maintained under droplet precautions with careful surveillance for seven (7) days.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.10.550