Section 441A.180 - "Suspected case" defined"Suspected case" means a person or animal who:
1. Satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in "Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance," adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200, to be classified as a suspected case of: (b) Botulism, as defined in NAC 441A.465;(d) Extraordinary occurrence of illness;(e) Influenza that is known or suspected to be of a viral strain that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization has determined poses a risk of a national or global pandemic;(g) Meningococcal disease;(i) Poliovirus infection;(j) Rabies (human or animal);(l) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS);(p) Viral hemorrhagic fever; or2. Is considered by a health care provider to possibly have a communicable disease identified in subsection 1 based on:(a) Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with the communicable disease; or(b) Laboratory evidence indicating the presence of:(1) The communicable disease;(2) The causative agent of the communicable disease; or(3) The person's or animal's immune response to a causative agent of the communicable disease.Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.180
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011