South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:20 - Communicable Disease Control
Chapter 44:20:03 - Control measures
Section 44:20:03:02 - Principles for devising public health measures not otherwise specified
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
In devising public health measures for reportable diseases and conditions for which a specific public health measure is not otherwise provided by this article, the department shall use the following principles that can be reasonably expected to decrease the risk of transmission:
(1) For airborne diseases, physical isolation for the period of communicability;
(2) For fecal-orally transmitted diseases, exclusion from situations in which transmission can be reasonably expected to occur, such as work as a food handler, attendance at or work in a child care facility, health care facility, or institution, for the period of communicability;
(3) For sexually transmitted or bloodborne diseases, prohibition of donation of blood, tissue, organs, or semen; needle sharing; and sexual contact in a manner likely to result in transmission for the period of communicability; and
(4) Each health care worker must comply with standard precautions for the prevention of the transmission of bloodborne pathogens.
General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9, 34-23-13.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-22-9, 34-23-13.
