Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.500 - Coccidioidomycosis

1. The health authority shall confirm each reported case having coccidioidomycosis identified by histopathological evidence, by the isolation and identification of fungus in clinical specimens, by demonstration of a specific serologic response in acute and convalescent sera, or by a positive precipitin test in combination with a compatible clinical syndrome. The health authority shall obtain sufficient information about each case for the purpose of surveillance.

2. When an association is suspected among two or more cases described in subsection 1, the health authority shall conduct an investigation to determine whether there is a common source of infection.