Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.675 - Rubella

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having rubella or suspected case considered to have rubella to confirm the diagnosis, to determine the extent of any outbreak, to identify the source or suspected source of the infection, to identify any contacts who are pregnant and susceptible to rubella and to determine the need for exclusion, isolation and immunization.

2. The health authority shall refer a contact who is pregnant for serological testing to determine susceptibility or early infection and for thorough medical consultation.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a case having rubella or a suspected case considered to have rubella must, for at least 7 days after the onset of rash, be excluded from attending child care facilities, schools, sporting events sponsored by schools, sensitive occupations and public gatherings, and from contact with all pregnant women or other susceptible persons outside the household. A case having rubella or a suspected case considered to have rubella may attend a child care facility or school or access another place of public accommodation if the child care facility, school or other place of public accommodation would be prohibited from preventing the case from attending or accessing, as applicable, by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 651.050 to 651.120, inclusive.

4. If a case having rubella or a suspected case considered to have rubella is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case or suspected case in accordance with contact isolation or other appropriate disease specific precautions.

5. An employee of a medical facility shall not have direct contact with any case having rubella, any suspected case considered to have rubella or with any patient who is or may be pregnant, unless the employee provides proof of immunity to rubella.

6. On the same day that a report of a case having rubella or a suspected case considered to have rubella in a school or child care facility is received, the principal, director or other person in charge of the school or child care facility shall: