Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.572 - Hepatitis E

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having hepatitis E to confirm the diagnosis, identify any contacts or other cases, determine the extent of any outbreak, identify the source of the infection and determine if the case is employed in a sensitive occupation or is a child attending a school or child care facility.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a case having hepatitis E shall not work in a sensitive occupation , unless the employer of the case would be prohibited from preventing the person 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 waive the provisions of this subsection if a case is considered not to be infectious.

3. The health authority shall instruct cases having hepatitis E of the need for and proper method of hand washing after defecation.