The department shall establish and direct the operations of a state-wide system for communicable disease prevention, control, and treatment. The department may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:
(1) Conduct communicable disease surveillance which includes detection, assessment, and analysis;(2) Prescribe criteria for communicable disease case definitions;(3) Prescribe procedures for communicable disease case and contact notification, referral, and management;(4) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease;(5) Prescribe methods and procedures for the control of communicable disease patients and carriers, including the monitoring, quarantine, and isolation of any patient or carrier;(6) Prescribe medical and posttreatment supervision measures for communicable disease patients and carriers;(7) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of occupationally-related communicable diseases; and(8) Prescribe procedures for infection prevention measures for communicable disease control and prevention.SL 1963, ch 380, § 5 (1); SL 1992, ch 246; SL 2015, ch 181, § 7.Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 181,s. 7, eff. 7/1/2015.