Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Article 3 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Section R9-6-361 - Novel Coronavirus (e.g., SARS or MERS)
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-6-361
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024
A. Case control measures:
1. In consultation with the Department or the
applicable local health agency, a diagnosing health care provider or an
administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a
representative, shall isolate and institute both airborne precautions and
contact precautions for a novel coronavirus case or suspect case, including a
case or suspect case of severe acute respiratory syndrome or Middle East
respiratory syndrome, until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a
physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner or otherwise
advised by the Department or the applicable local health agency.
2. A local health agency shall:
a. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of
a novel coronavirus case or suspect case, notify the Department within 24 hours
after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information
contained in the report;
b. In
consultation with the Department, ensure that isolation and both airborne
precautions and contact precautions have been instituted for a novel
coronavirus case or suspect case to prevent transmission, unless otherwise
advised by the Department;
c.
Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported novel coronavirus case
or suspect case, unless otherwise advised by the Department; and
d. For each novel coronavirus case, submit to
the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under
R9-6-206(D).
B. Contact control measures: A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall determine which novel coronavirus contacts will be quarantined or excluded, according to R9-6-303, to prevent transmission.
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