Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) A
local health department shall provide services and perform activities for the
control of communicable disease within the jurisdiction of the local health
department. A local health department shall establish, implement, and maintain
written policies which shall include a description of the procedures for
communicable disease control services and activities provided by the local
health department which shall include:
(1)
General Communicable Disease Control:
(A)
Reporting communicable diseases as required by law. Additionally, cases of
vaccine-preventable diseases shall be reported to the designated division
program representative within 24 hours of receipt of the report.
(B) Investigating any outbreaks of a
reportable communicable disease within the jurisdiction of the local health
department to determine the cause of the outbreak and to ensure that
appropriate steps are taken to arrest the outbreak and prevent its
recurrence.
(C) Investigating each
case of a communicable disease for which there is a surveillance form supplied
by the Department. Forms shall be completed and submitted to the
Department.
(D) Distributing
communicable disease report cards with instructions for submission to all
pediatricians, internists, and family or general practitioners practicing
within the jurisdiction of the local health department.
(2) Tuberculosis Control:
(A) Tuberculosis diagnostic and follow-up
services for cases, contacts, and suspects which include:
(i) Medical and epidemiological
history;
(ii) Assessment of blood
pressure, weight, urinalysis, if indicated, and visual acuity and color
discrimination, if indicated;
(iii)
Special investigations, such as Mantoux skin test, chest x-ray,
mycobacteriology, and other investigations as indicated.
(B) Tuberculosis treatment services which
include:
(i) Provision of anti-tuberculosis
drugs as medically prescribed;
(ii)
Monthly monitoring of intake and for adverse side effects of anti-tuberculosis
drugs by office visit, home visit, or telephone;
(iii) Coordination and communication with
private medical providers.
(3) Immunization:
(A) Providing resources to ensure that all
children within the jurisdiction of the local health department receive all
vaccines required by law within the time frames established by law.
(B) Providing vaccines in clinics, with at
least one each month accessible to working parents.
(C) Enforcing the immunization law pertaining
to day-care facilities, including submitting the immunization records audit
form.
(D) Assisting local school
officials in enforcing the immunization law pertaining to public and private
schools (k-12).
(E) Ensuring
accountability for all doses of vaccine provided by the Division.
(4) Venereal Disease Control:
(A) Diagnostic testing and examination
services for syphilis and gonorrhea shall be available each weekday;
(B) Treatment services, both therapeutic and
preventive, for reportable venereal disease shall be available each
weekday;
(C) Counseling and
education designed to influence disease intervention and prevention behaviors,
particularly that designed to enlist patient cooperation in referring sex
partners for examination and treatment, shall be available each
weekday;
(D) Follow-up and referral
of persons with positive venereal disease laboratory tests shall be available
each weekday.
(b) A local health department shall
establish, implement, and maintain written policies for the provision of
communicable disease control education services to the community, health care
personnel, and patients. The services shall include provision of clinic
schedules, information on communicable disease reporting, and other
communicable disease control information to local medical organizations,
veterinarians, animal control officers, health care providers, and the media,
as appropriate.
