Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Article 12 - TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
Section R9-6-1203 - Tuberculosis Control in Correctional Facilities
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-6-1203
Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 12, March 21, 2025
A. An administrator of a correctional facility shall ensure that:
1. Each new
inmate in the correctional facility undergoes a symptom screening for
tuberculosis while processing into the correctional facility;
2. An inmate in whom symptoms suggestive of
tuberculosis are detected during screening:
a.
Is immediately:
i. Placed in airborne
infection isolation, or
ii.
Required to wear a surgical mask and retained in an environment where exposure
to the general inmate population is minimal and the inmate can be observed at
all times to be wearing the mask;
b. If not immediately placed in airborne
infection isolation, is within 24 hours after screening:
i. Given a medical evaluation for active
tuberculosis, or
ii. Transported to
a health care institution to be placed in airborne infection isolation;
and
c. Is given a
medical evaluation for active tuberculosis before being released from airborne
infection isolation or permitted to stop wearing a surgical mask and released
from the environment described in subsection (A)(2)(a)(ii).
3. Except as provided in
subsection (A)(5), each new inmate who does not have a documented history of a
positive result from an approved test for tuberculosis or who has not received
an approved test for tuberculosis within the previous 12 months is given an
approved test for tuberculosis within seven days after processing into the
correctional facility;
4. Except as
provided in subsection (A)(8), each new inmate who has a positive result from
an approved test for tuberculosis or who has a documented history of a positive
result from an approved test for tuberculosis is given a chest x-ray and a
medical evaluation, within 14 days after processing into the correctional
facility, to determine whether the inmate has active tuberculosis;
;
5. Each new inmate who
is HIV-positive, in addition to receiving an approved test for tuberculosis, is
given a chest x-ray and a medical evaluation within seven days after processing
into the correctional facility, to determine whether the inmate has active
tuberculosis;
6. Each inmate who had a negative result from an
approved test for tuberculosis when tested according to subsection (A)(3)
during processing has a repeat approved test for tuberculosis after 12 months
of incarceration and every 12 months thereafter during the inmate's term of
incarceration;
7. Each inmate who
has a positive result on a repeat approved test for tuberculosis after a
negative result on a previous approved test for tuberculosis is given a chest
x-ray and a medical evaluation within 14 days after the date of the positive
result on the repeat approved test to determine whether the inmate has active
tuberculosis;
8. An inmate is not
required to have another chest x-ray unless the inmate has symptoms suggestive
of tuberculosis if the inmate has had a documented negative chest
x-ray;
9. Each inmate with active tuberculosis is:
a. Provided medical treatment that meets
accepted standards of medical practice, and
b. Placed in airborne infection isolation
until no longer infectious; and
10. All applicable
requirements in 9 A.A.C. 6, Articles 2 and 3 are complied with.
B. The requirements of subsection (A) apply to each correctional facility that houses inmates for 14 days or longer and to each inmate who will be incarcerated for 14 days or longer.
C. An administrator of a correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall:
1. Unless unable to provide prior
notification because of security concerns, notify the local health agency at
least one working day before releasing a tuberculosis case or suspect
case;
2. If unable to provide prior
notification because of security concerns, notify the local health agency
within 24 hours after releasing a tuberculosis case or suspect case;
3. Provide to a local health agency, within
three working days after the local health agency's request, the information
required by the local health agency to comply with
R9-6-1202(5);
and
4. Provide a tuberculosis case or suspect case or an
inmate being treated for latent tuberculosis infection the name and address of
the local health agency before the case, suspect case, or inmate is
released.
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