Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 258 - RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Section 144-258-10 - EXTREME PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY: REPORTING AND CONTROL MEASURES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Applicability
Provisions specified in this Section will only be applicable
				  in the event of a declared Extreme Public Health Emergency and then only for
				  the duration of the declared Extreme Public Health Emergency.
B.
Reporting Requirements
In addition to those individuals and entities required to
				  report notifiable diseases and conditions on a routine basis as outlined in
				  Section
				  2 and Section
				  11, other entities, such as schools
				  and businesses, may be required to report specific information as specified by
				  the Department pursuant to
				  22 MRS
				  §§802(1).
C.
Control Measures
In the event of a declared Extreme Public Health Emergency,
				  in addition to the communicable disease control measures identified in this
				  rule, the Department may, on the Governor's behalf, take all necessary steps to
				  institute the following, supplemental medical treatment and public health
				  control measures for the benefit of the population that either has been exposed
				  to or is at significant risk of exposure to the communicable disease or other
				  highly infectious or toxic agent or environmental hazard that caused the
				  Governor to declare that there exists an extreme public health
				  emergency.
These measures will be consistent with the national standards
				  for the infectious agent as established by the 20th
				  Edition published in 2015
Control of Communicable Diseases
				  Manual
, or any subsequent edition, published by the American Public
				  Health Association. Copies of the manual may be obtained from the American
				  Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710. In
				  addition to exercising the powers and responsibilities granted the Department
				  pursuant to
				  22 MRS
				  §820, the Department may undertake the
				  following public health measures during a period of declared extreme public
				  health emergency:
1. Management of
				Persons
For the duration of the declared extreme public health
				  emergency, the Department will ensure that all necessary steps are taken to
				  protect the public health and safety, including:
a. Identification of exposed persons, using
				all reasonable means to confirm in a timely manner any case or suspected case
				of the communicable disease and will ascertain, so far as possible, all sources
				of infection and exposures to the infection;
b. Tracking and follow-up of persons who are
				infected or exposed, consistent with the standards referenced above or those
				established for the declared extreme public health emergency by the Department
				or designee;
c. Mandatory medical
				examination of infected or exposed persons, making or causing all needed
				examinations, including laboratory testing;
d. Mandatory medical treatment, including
				vaccination or treatment with such medications as are warranted by the national
				standards published by the American Public Health Association referenced in
				this rule; and
e. Isolation of
				cases and quarantine of exposed individuals, as indicated, concurrent and
				terminal disinfection, or modified forms of these procedures as may be
				necessary. Standards for isolation and quarantine will be the same as those
				specified in this rule under Section
				9(D)(4)
				and (E) and Section
				10(C)(2).