South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:20 - Communicable Disease Control
Chapter 44:20:03 - Control measures
Section 44:20:03:03 - Health threat to others defined
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
For purposes of this article, a "health threat to others" or a "threat to the public health" exists if a case or carrier demonstrates an inability or unwillingness to refrain from conduct that places others at risk of exposure to a reportable disease, condition, or infectious agent. It may include one or more of the following:
(1) Behavior by a case or carrier that has been demonstrated epidemiologically to transmit a disease, condition, or infectious agent to others or that evidences a careless disregard for the transmission of the disease, condition, or infectious agent to others;
(2) A substantial likelihood that a case or carrier will transmit a disease, condition, or infectious agent to others as evidenced by a case's or carrier's past behavior or by statements of a case or carrier that are credible indicators of a case's or carrier's intention; or
(3) Affirmative misrepresentation by a person of the person's status as a case or carrier prior to engaging in a behavior that has been demonstrated epidemiologically to transmit the disease, condition, or infectious agent.
General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9, 34-23-13.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-22-9, 34-23-13.
