Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.Sec. 8

Current through November 8, 2024

Section 441A.Sec. 8 - NEW

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having cyclosporiasis, as identified by the presence of Cyclospora cayetanensis parasites in a clinical stool specimen through testing by a medical laboratory, to:

(a) Confirm the diagnosis;

(b) Identify the source of the infection; and

(c) Determine if the case is employed in a sensitive occupation or is an infant or child attending a child care facility.

2. A person excreting Cyclospora cayetanensis parasites shall not work in a sensitive occupation until the person is authorized to do so by the health authority, unless the employer of the person would be prohibited from preventing the person from engaging in that occupation by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 613.330. A health authority may authorize the person to work in a sensitive occupation if the case has not experienced diarrhea for at least 24 hours and there is no indication of poor personal hygiene.

3. The health authority shall instruct a person excreting Cyclospora cayetanensis parasites of the need to wash his or her hands after defecation and the proper method of hand washing.

4. An infant or child excreting Cyclospora cayetanensis parasites shall not attend a child care facility until the infant or child has not experienced diarrhea for at least 24 hours, unless the child care facility would be prohibited from preventing the infant or child from attending by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 651.050 to 651.120, inclusive. The health authority shall instruct a child care facility attended by an infant or child excreting Cyclospora cayetanensis parasites of the need to wash the hands of the infant or child after defecation, the proper method of hand washing and other practices to control the spread of the infection.

5. If a case having Cyclospora cayetanensis is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care for the case in accordance with precautions established by the medical facility to prevent the spread of enteric communicable diseases or other disease-specific precautions.

Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.Sec. 8

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R148-22A, eff. 7/26/2023

NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.160