Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.7205 - Varicella (chickenpox)

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 441A.7205

Current through September 16, 2024

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having varicella (chickenpox) to:

(a) Confirm the diagnosis;

(b) Determine the extent of any outbreak;

(c) Identify any child care facility or school attended by the case; and

(d) Obtain sufficient information about the case for surveillance.

2. A case having varicella (chickenpox) shall not attend a child care facility or school until all blisters have dried into scabs, unless the child care facility or school would be prohibited from preventing the case 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 the child care facility or school attended by the case of necessary measures to prevent the further transmission of varicella (chickenpox).

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R187-18A, eff. 6/26/2019; A by R148-22A, eff. 7/26/2023

NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.180

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