Section He-P 301.07 - Procedures for Conduct of Investigation(a) In accordance with RSA 141-C:3 the department shall investigate the incidence of communicable diseases or potential transmission of communicable diseases posing a threat to the citizens of the state.(b) Methods for conducting such investigations shall include the following: (1) Surveying pertinent populations, health care providers and others by use of questionnaires;(2) Telephone interviews with cases and suspect cases, contacts, health care providers, employees, and employers of the suspect source of the disease;(3) Personal interviews with cases and suspect cases, contacts, health care providers, employees, and employers of the suspect source of the disease;(4) Collection and analysis of samples of food, body fluids or other clinical specimens of cases, suspect cases and suspect sources or any other items and individuals suspected in a disease incident; and(5) Review of individual case medical records, business records, reports and x-rays of cases, suspect cases and contacts in an incident.(c) All tests of biological specimens taken from New Hampshire residents for the diagnosis of reportable diseases shall be performed in a laboratory certified under 42 CFR 493. If more extensive laboratory tests will aid in better awareness of the disease causing agent, the commissioner shall order tests performed by the New Hampshire public health laboratories (PHL) .(d) Whenever a laboratory submits a specimen, portion of a specimen, or culture to the PHL for testing, laboratory reporting requirements shall be deemed to have been fulfilled, provided that the minimum information specified in RSA 141-C:7 and He-P 301.03 accompanies the specimen or culture.(e) The PHL shall hold negative specimens for 30 day,s and positive specimens for one year or until the conclusion of the investigation or study if longer.N.H. Code Admin. R. He-P 301.07
#4230, eff 2-23-87; ss by #4271, eff 6-25-87; ss by #4946, eff 10-2-90; EXPIRED: 10-2-96
New. #6634, eff 11-25-97; ss by #8242, eff 12-30-04; ss by #9172, eff 6-6-08
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12033, Effective 11/3/2016, Expires 11/3/2026.