Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 1
Subtitle 06 - DISEASES
Chapter 10.06.01 - Communicable Diseases and Related Conditions of Public Health Importance
Section 10.06.01.12-1 - Mumps
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.06.01.12-1
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Control of a Case. A health officer or health care provider shall recommend that a case may not attend a school, workplace, or child care facility from the onset of illness through the 5th day after onset of parotitis.
B. Control of Contacts.
(1) Nonimmune Individuals.
(a) Nonimmune individuals for mumps, in
general, are people who:
(i) Have not received
two doses of mumps containing vaccine on or after the first birthday;
(ii) Have no documentation of immunity or
disease; or
(iii) Were born in or
after 1957.
(b) A health
officer shall restrict or exclude a nonimmune contact from attending a school,
health care facility, child care facility, or workplace until 25 days after the
onset of parotitis in the last case of mumps.
(2) A health officer:
(a) May require all nonimmune individuals to
be excluded from a school, workplace, or child care facility when a case of
mumps is diagnosed or suspected in a student, employee, or volunteer of the
school or facility; and
(b) Shall
authorize readmission upon documented proof of immunity in the form of:
(i) An immunization record;
(ii) A serologic test; or
(iii) The low likelihood of disease
transmission.
C. Infection Control. A health care provider shall practice droplet precautions for 5 days after onset of parotitis.
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