Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.687 - Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of:

2. The investigation required pursuant to subsection 1 must be conducted to:

3. A person excreting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli shall not work in a sensitive occupation, unless authorized to do so by a health authority or unless the employer of the person 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 authorize the case to work in a sensitive occupation if:

4. A contact residing in the same household as a case having Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli shall not work in a sensitive occupation unless authorized to do so by the health authority.

5. The health authority shall instruct a person excreting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli of the need for and proper method of hand washing after defecation.

6. An infant or child excreting Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli shall not attend a child care facility until he or she has been asymptomatic for at least 24 hours, 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:

7. If a case having Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli 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.