Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.505 - Cryptosporidiosis

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having cryptosporidiosis, identified by the detection of Cryptosporidium organisms or DNA in stool, intestinal samples, biopsy specimens or other biological samples upon testing by a medical laboratory, to:

2. A person who has diarrhea and a fecal specimen that is positive for Cryptosporidium and any symptomatic contact residing in the same household as such a person shall not work in a sensitive occupation until at least 48 hours after the diarrhea has resolved, unless authorized by the health authority or unless the employer of the person or contact would be prohibited from preventing the person or contact from engaging in that occupation by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 613.330. The health authority may order any additional exclusion, testing or treatment of any person that the health authority determines is necessary to prevent further transmission of Cryptosporidium.

3. The health authority shall instruct cases and carriers of Cryptosporidium spp. of the need and proper method of hand washing after defecation.

4. An infant or child who is excreting Cryptosporidium spp. and whose diarrhea is unresolved or has been resolved for less than 24 hours shall not attend a child care facility, unless authorized by the health authority or unless the child care facility would be prohibited from preventing the infant or child from attending by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 651.050 to 651.120, inclusive. The health authority shall instruct a child care facility where an infant or child who is excreting Cryptosporidium spp. is attending of the need and proper method of hand washing and other practices for the control of infection which prevent the transmission of cryptosporidiosis.

5. If a case having cryptosporidiosis is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with enteric precautions or other appropriate disease specific precautions.