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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.230 - Duty of health care provider to report case or suspected case; content of report

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in NAC
			 441A.240, a health care provider
			 who knows of, or provides services to, a case or suspected case shall report
			 the case or suspected case to the health authority having jurisdiction where
			 the office of the health care provider is located. The report must be made in
			 the manner provided in NAC
			 441A.225.
2. The report must include:
(a) The communicable disease or suspected
			 communicable disease.
(b) The name,
			 address and, if available, telephone number of the case or suspected
			 case.
(c) The name, address and
			 telephone number of the health care provider making the report.
(d) The occupation, employer, age, sex, race
			 and date of birth of the case or suspected case, if available.
(e) The date of diagnosis of the communicable
			 disease.
(f) The date of onset of
			 the communicable disease, if available.
(g) If the case or suspected case relates to
			 a pregnant person who has or is suspected of having syphilis, the information
			 required by NRS
			 441A.150 for the case or suspected
			 case.
(h) Any other information
			 requested by the health authority, if available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.235 - Duty of director or other person in charge of medical laboratory to report findings of communicable disease, causative agent of communicable disease or immune response to causative agent; contents of report; submission of certain microbiologic cultures, subcultures, or other specimen or clinical material; reportable level of CD4 lymphocyte counts

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC
			 441A.240, the director or other
			 person in charge of a medical laboratory in which a test or examination of any
			 specimen derived from the human body yields evidence suggesting the presence of
			 a communicable disease, a causative agent of a communicable disease or an
			 immune response to a causative agent of a communicable disease shall:
(a) If the medical laboratory is in this
			 State, report the findings to the health authority having jurisdiction where
			 the office of the health care provider who ordered the test or examination is
			 located or to an electronic clearinghouse approved by the health
			 authority.
(b) If the medical
			 laboratory performed the test or examination on specimens obtained in this
			 State or from residents of this State, and the medical laboratory is located
			 outside of this State, report the findings to the Chief Medical Officer.
The report must be made in the manner provided in NAC
				441A.225.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.240 - Duty of director or other person in charge of medical facility to report communicable disease; report by infection preventionist; adoption of administrative procedures for reporting

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, the director or other person in charge of a
			 medical facility who knows of or suspects the presence of a communicable
			 disease within the medical facility shall report the communicable disease to
			 the health authority having jurisdiction where the medical facility is located.
			 The report must be made in the manner provided in NAC
			 441A.225.
2. If a medical facility has a designated
			 infection preventionist, administrative procedures may be established by which
			 all communicable diseases known or suspected within the medical facility,
			 including its laboratories and outpatient locations, are reported to the health
			 authority through the medical facility's infection preventionist or his or her
			 representative. The report must be made in the manner provided in NAC
			 441A.225. Notwithstanding any
			 other provision of this chapter, a director or other person in charge of a
			 laboratory in a medical facility or a health care provider in a medical
			 facility is not required to report a known or suspected communicable disease in
			 the medical facility to the health authority if he or she makes a report to the
			 infection preventionist in accordance with the provisions of this
			 section.
3. Any administrative
			 procedures adopted by a medical facility pursuant to subsection 2 must:
(a) Require the designated infection
			 preventionist to:
(1) Submit to the health
			 authority each report of a known or suspected communicable disease in the
			 medical facility made to the infection preventionist by a director or other
			 person in charge of a laboratory in the medical facility or a health care
			 provider in the medical facility; and
(2) Make the report in the manner provided in
			 NAC 441A.225;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.243 - Duty of parole officer or probation officer or similar employee of Division of Parole and Probation of Department of Public Safety or local governmental entity to report communicable disease; content of report; cooperation with health authority

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who is
			 employed by the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public
			 Safety or by a local governmental entity as a parole officer or probation
			 officer or to perform similar duties and who knows or suspects that a parolee
			 or probationer under his or her supervision has a communicable disease shall
			 report the communicable disease to the health authority having jurisdiction
			 where the parolee or probationer resides. The report must be made in the manner
			 provided in NAC 441A.225.
2. The
			 report must include:
(a) The name of the
			 communicable disease or suspected communicable disease.
(b) The name, address and, if available,
			 telephone number of the person known or suspected to have the communicable
			 disease.
(c) The name, address and
			 telephone number of the person making the report.
(d) The occupation, employer, age, sex, race
			 and date of birth of the person known or suspected to have the communicable
			 disease, if available.
(e) The date
			 of onset and the date of diagnosis of the communicable disease, if
			 available.
(f) Any other
			 information requested by the health authority, if available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.245 - Duty of principal, director or other person in charge of school, child care facility or correctional facility to report communicable disease; content of report; cooperation with health authority; requirements when communicable disease identified in child attending school or child care facility

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The principal, director or other person in
			 charge of a school, child care facility or correctional facility who knows of
			 or suspects the presence of a communicable disease within the school, child
			 care facility or correctional facility shall report the communicable disease to
			 the health authority having jurisdiction where the school, child care facility
			 or correctional facility is located. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section, the report must be made in the manner provided in NAC
			 441A.225.
2. The report must include:
(a) The communicable disease or suspected
			 communicable disease.
(b) The name,
			 address and, if available, telephone number of the person known or suspected to
			 have the communicable disease.
(c)
			 The name, address and telephone number of the person making the
			 report.
(d) The occupation,
			 employer, age, sex, race and date of birth of the person known or suspected to
			 have the communicable disease, if available.
(e) The date of onset and the date of
			 diagnosis of the communicable disease, if available.
(f) Any other information requested by the
			 health authority, if available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.250 - Duty of person in charge of blood bank to report findings of communicable disease; content of report

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person in
			 charge of a blood bank in which a test or examination of any specimen derived
			 from the human body yields evidence suggesting the presence of a communicable
			 disease shall report his or her findings to the health authority having
			 jurisdiction where the blood bank is located. The report must be made in the
			 manner provided in NAC 441A.225.
2.
			 The report must include:
(a) The name, address
			 and, if available, telephone number, and the age or date of birth of the person
			 from whom the specimen was obtained.
(b) The date and location at which the
			 specimen was obtained.
(c) The type
			 of test or examination performed on the specimen.
(d) The date on which the test or examination
			 was performed.
(e) The result of
			 the test or examination.
(f) Any
			 other information requested by the health authority, if available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.252 - Duty of insurer to report results of test indicating presence of certain communicable diseases; content of report; method of communication

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each insurer who requires or requests an
			 applicant for a policy of life insurance or any other person to be examined or
			 subjected to any medical, clinical or laboratory test that produces evidence
			 consistent with the presence of:
(a) Hepatitis
			 A;
(b) Hepatitis B;
(c) Hepatitis C;
(d) Human immunodeficiency virus
			 (HIV);
(e) Syphilis, including
			 congenital syphilis; or
(f)
			 Tuberculosis, shall, within 10 business days after the insurer is notified of
			 the results of the examination or test, report the results of the test to the
			 Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.255 - Duty of person to report certain other persons he or she knows or suspects of having communicable disease; content of report

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person who reasonably suspects or
			 knows that another person has a communicable disease and knows that the other
			 person is not receiving health care services from a health care provider shall
			 report that person to the health authority having jurisdiction where the person
			 making the report resides. The report must be made in the manner provided in
			 NAC 441A.225.
2. The report must
			 include:
(a) The communicable disease or
			 suspected communicable disease.
(b)
			 The name, address and, if available, telephone number of the person known or
			 suspected to have a communicable disease.
(c) The name, address and telephone number of
			 the person making the report.
(d)
			 Any other information requested by the health authority, if
			 available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.260 - Authority of State Health Officer to require reporting of certain infectious diseases; effective period of such requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
			 State Health Officer may require the reporting of a case having an infectious
			 disease not specified in NAC 441A.040, or a suspected case considered to have
			 an infectious disease not specified in NAC 441A.180, if:
(a) The disease is recently acknowledged as a
			 public health concern;
(b)
			 Epidemiologic investigation of cases or suspected cases may contribute to
			 understanding, controlling or preventing the disease; and
(c) Written notification is provided to all
			 health authorities specifying:
(1) The
			 additional reporting requirements concerning the disease; and
(2) The justification for the additional
			 reporting requirements.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.275 - Duty of State Public Health Laboratory to provide testing for communicable diseases

Current through June 11, 2024
Upon approval by the health authority and within available
				appropriations, the State Public Health Laboratory shall provide testing for
				communicable diseases at no charge to a case, suspected case, carrier, health
				care provider, medical laboratory or health authority.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.280 - Duty of persons to cooperate with health authority during investigations and carrying out of measures for prevention, suppression and control of communicable diseases

Current through June 11, 2024
A case, suspected case, carrier, contact or other person shall,
				upon request by a health authority, promptly cooperate during:
1. An investigation of the circumstances or
			 cause of a case, suspected case, outbreak or suspected outbreak.
2. The carrying out of measures for the
			 prevention, suppression and control of a communicable disease, including
			 procedures of exclusion, isolation and quarantine.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.285 - Use of precautions in managing bodily fluids in certain facilities

Current through June 11, 2024
In medical facilities, schools, child care facilities,
				correctional facilities and facilities which perform body piercing or
				tattooing, exposure to blood, semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, urine, feces,
				respiratory secretions and other body fluids must be managed in accordance with
				universal precautions and blood and body fluid precautions.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A 3-28-96
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.290 - Duties of district health officer

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A district
			 health officer who knows, suspects or is informed of the existence within his
			 or her jurisdiction of a communicable disease shall:
(a) Use as a guideline for the investigation,
			 prevention, suppression and control of the communicable disease, the
			 recommended guidelines for the investigation, prevention, suppression and
			 control of communicable disease set forth in:
(1) "General Recommendations on Immunization:
			 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices," adopted
			 by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200;
(2)
Manual for the Surveillance of
			 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200;
(3)
Control of Communicable Diseases
			 Manual
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200; and
(4)
Red Book: 2021 Report of the
			 Committee on Infectious Diseases
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.295 - Duties of State Health Officer

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the Chief
			 Medical Officer knows, suspects or is informed of the existence within his or
			 her jurisdiction of a communicable disease, he or she shall:
(a) Use as a guideline for the investigation,
			 prevention, suppression and control of the communicable disease, the
			 recommended guidelines for the investigation, prevention, suppression and
			 control of the communicable disease set forth in:
(1) "General Recommendations on Immunization:
			 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices," adopted
			 by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200;
(2)
Manual for the Surveillance of
			 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200;
(3)
Control of Communicable Diseases
			 Manual
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200; and
(4)
Red Book: 2021 Report of the
			 Committee on Infectious Diseases
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.300 - Health authority: Authorization to disclose information of personal nature to certain persons; duty to educate certain persons on transmission, prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to
			 subsection 6 of
			 NRS
			 441A.220, information of a personal nature
			 provided by a person making a report of a case or suspected case or provided by
			 the person having a communicable disease, or determined by investigation of the
			 health authority, may be disclosed by the health authority to:
(a) A person who has been exposed, in a
			 manner determined by the health authority likely to have allowed transmission
			 of a communicable disease, to blood, semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, urine,
			 feces, respiratory secretions or other body fluids which are known through
			 laboratory confirmation or reasonably suspected by the health authority to
			 contain the causative agent of a communicable disease.
(b) The parent or legal guardian of a case or
			 suspected case or of a person described in paragraph (a) if determined by the
			 health authority to be necessary for the protection of the parent or legal
			 guardian or for the well-being of the case, suspected case or person described
			 in paragraph (a).
(c) The health
			 care provider of a case or suspected case or of a person described in paragraph
			 (a) if determined by the health authority to be necessary for the protection of
			 the health care provider or for the well-being of the case, suspected case or
			 person described in paragraph (a).
(d) The employer of a person having a
			 communicable disease if that person is employed in a sensitive occupation and
			 the health authority determines that the potential for transmission of the
			 disease is enhanced by his or her employment.
(e) The principal, director or other person
			 in charge of a medical facility, school, child care facility, correctional
			 facility or licensed house of prostitution if:
(1) A person attending, working, residing or
			 being cared for in the medical facility, school, child care facility,
			 correctional facility or licensed house of prostitution has a communicable
			 disease; and
(2) The health
			 authority determines that the potential for transmission of the disease is
			 enhanced by the activities of the person described in subparagraph
			 (1).
(f) An animal
			 control officer of any town, city or county, or of any state or federal agency,
			 for the purpose of an investigation of a report of an animal bite by a
			 rabies-susceptible animal.
(g) Any
			 other person determined by the health authority through an investigation of a
			 case to be at risk for acquiring the communicable disease.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.305 - Duty of health authority to disclose information of personal nature to certain persons; duties of firefighters, police officers and persons providing emergency medical services; limitation on power of health authority to order test or examination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to
			 subsection 10 of NRS
			 441A.220, the health authority shall disclose
			 information of a personal nature:
(a) Provided
			 by a person making a report of a case or suspected case or provided by the
			 person having a communicable disease; or
(b) Determined by investigation of the health
			 authority, to a firefighter, police officer or person providing emergency
			 medical services if the information relates to a communicable disease
			 significantly related to that occupation. The communicable diseases which are
			 significantly related to the occupation of a firefighter, police officer or
			 person providing emergency medical services are human immunodeficiency virus
			 infection (HIV), diphtheria, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis delta,
			 measles, meningococcal disease, plague, rabies and tuberculosis.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › DUTIES AND POWERS RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.310 - Authority of State Board of Health and health authority to disseminate to blood bank identifying data relating to viral hepatitis

Current through June 11, 2024
The State Board of Health or a health authority may disseminate
				to any blood bank in this State identifying data about any case or carrier of
				viral hepatitis. The identifying data may include the name, age, date of birth,
				sex, race, county of residence and social security number of the case or
				carrier and the type of viral hepatitis.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120,
				  460.020
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › General Provisions › Section 441A.325 - Compliance with provisions regarding particular communicable diseases

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
				this chapter, a case or suspected case must be investigated, reported,
				prevented, suppressed and controlled in a manner consistent with the provisions
				of this chapter which are applicable to the particular communicable
				disease.
2. Each investigation of a
				case or suspected case of a communicable disease and each order issued by the
				health authority requiring a person to submit to a medical examination or test
				or for the isolation, quarantine or treatment of a person or group of persons
				pursuant to this chapter must comply with the provisions of
				NRS
				441A.160.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by
				  R148-22A,
				  eff. 7/26/2023
439.200,
					 441A.120,
					 441A.160
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › General Provisions › Section 441A.330 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
				  NRS
				  441A.167 and section 3 of this regulation:
1. "Law enforcement agency" means an
				agency, office or bureau, the primary duty of which is to enforce the law.
2. "Political subdivision" means
				any:
(a) County;
(b) Incorporated city;
(c) Unincorporated town; or
(d) Airport authority created by a special
				legislative act.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › General Provisions › Section 441A.335 - Provision of information, medical records or reports upon request of health authority; confidentiality of such information, records and reports

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A public agency, law enforcement agency or
				political subdivision that receives a request for information, medical records
				or reports from a health authority pursuant to subsection 1 of
				NRS
				441A.167 shall provide the information,
				medical records or reports to the health authority within 10 calendar days
				after receiving the request.
2. A
				health authority that receives information, medical records or reports from a
				public agency, law enforcement agency or political subdivision shall ensure
				that any protected health information remains confidential to the extent
				required by state and federal law and the regulations adopted pursuant
				thereto.
Added to
				  NAC by Bd. of Health by
				  R121-14,
				  eff. 10/27/2015
NRS
					 441A.120,
					 441A.167
The section number and name will be updated when
					 available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.350 - Health care provider to report certain cases and suspected cases within 24 hours of discovery

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A health care
				provider shall report to the health authority within 24 hours of discovery of
				any case having active tuberculosis or any suspected case considered to have
				active tuberculosis who:
(a) Fails to submit
				to medical treatment or who discontinues or fails to complete an effective
				course of medical treatment prescribed by a health care provider in accordance
				with the recommendations, guidelines and publications adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC
				441A.200; or
(b) Has completed a course of medical
				treatment prescribed by a health care provider in accordance with the
				guidelines adopted by reference in paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NAC
				441A.200.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.352 - Registered pharmacist and intern pharmacist to report suspected cases

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A registered pharmacist or intern
				pharmacist shall submit a report to the health authority identifying a person
				as a suspected case considered to have tuberculosis if the registered
				pharmacist or intern pharmacist:
(a) Dispenses
				two or more of the following prescription drugs to the person:
(1) Ethambutol;
(2) Isoniazid;
(3) Pyrazinamide;
(4) Streptomycin; or
(5) Any member of the rifamycin group of
				drugs, including, but not limited to, rifabutin, rifampin and rifapentine;
				and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.355 - Active tuberculosis: Duties and powers of health authority

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The health authority shall investigate
				each report of a case having active tuberculosis or a suspected case considered
				to have active tuberculosis to confirm the diagnosis, to identify any contacts,
				to identify any associated cases, to identify the source of infection and to
				ensure that the case or suspected case is under the care of a health care
				provider who has completed a diagnostic evaluation and has instituted an
				effective course of medical treatment prescribed by a health care provider in
				accordance with the recommendations, guidelines and publications adopted by
				reference pursuant to NAC
				441A.200.
2. The health authority shall, pursuant to
				NRS
				441A.160, take all necessary measures within
				his or her authority to ensure that a case having active tuberculosis completes
				the course of medical treatment prescribed by a health care provider in
				accordance with the recommendations, guidelines and publications adopted by
				reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200, or is isolated or quarantined to protect
				the public health. Except as otherwise provided in
				NRS
				441A.210, if the case or suspected case
				refuses to submit himself or herself for examination or medical treatment, the
				health authority shall, pursuant to
				NRS
				441A.160, issue an order requiring the case
				or suspected case to submit to any medical examination or test which is
				necessary to verify the presence of active tuberculosis and shall issue an
				order requiring the isolation, quarantine or medical treatment of the case or
				suspected case if he or she believes such action is necessary to protect the
				public health.
3. The health
				authority shall evaluate for tuberculosis infection any contact of a case
				having active tuberculosis. A tuberculosis screening test must be administered
				to a contact residing in the same household as the case or other similarly
				close contact. If the tuberculosis screening test is negative, the tuberculosis
				screening test must be repeated 8 to 10 weeks after the last date of exposure
				to the case having active tuberculosis. If the initial or second tuberculosis
				screening test is positive, the contact must be referred for a chest X-ray and
				medical evaluation for active tuberculosis. Any contact found to have active
				tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection must be advised to complete a course of
				treatment that is:
(a) Prescribed by a health
				care provider in accordance with the recommendations, guidelines and
				publications adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200; and
(b) In accordance with the recommendations
				for the counseling of and effective treatment for a person having active
				tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection adopted by reference in paragraph (f) of
				subsection 1 of NAC 441A.200.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.360 - Cases and suspected cases: Prohibited acts; duties; discharge from medical supervision

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A case having
				tuberculosis or a suspected case considered to have tuberculosis shall not:
(a) Work in a sensitive occupation unless
				determined to be noninfectious by the health authority or the employer of the
				case or suspected case would be prohibited from preventing the person from
				engaging in that occupation by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
				42 U.S.C. §§
											12101 et seq., or
				NRS
				613.330; or
(b) Attend a child care facility or school
				unless determined to be noninfectious by the health authority or the child care
				facility or school would be prohibited from preventing the case or suspected
				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.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.365 - Contacts: Compliance with regulations; medical evaluation; prohibited acts

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A contact of a
				case having tuberculosis or suspected case considered to have tuberculosis
				shall comply with all rules and regulations issued by the State Board of Health
				and shall submit to a medical evaluation to determine the presence of active
				tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection.
2. If the tuberculosis screening test
				administered pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC 441A.355 is positive, or if there
				is radiological evidence of active tuberculosis in the lungs, the contact shall
				submit to further medical evaluation. An order to submit to a medical
				examination may be issued by the health authority if the contact fails to
				report for a medical evaluation when requested to do so by the health
				authority.
3. A contact residing in
				the same household as a case having tuberculosis or suspected case considered
				to have tuberculosis shall not work in a sensitive occupation or attend a child
				care facility or school unless he or she is asymptomatic and is authorized to
				do so by the health authority.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R084-06, 7-14-2006
NRS
					 441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.375 - Medical facilities, facilities for the dependent, homes for individual residential care and outpatient facilities: Management of cases and suspected cases; surveillance and testing of employees; counseling and preventive treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A case having
				tuberculosis or a suspected case considered to have tuberculosis in a medical
				facility, a facility for the dependent or an outpatient facility must be
				managed in accordance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control
				and Prevention as adopted by reference in paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of NAC
				441A.200.
2. A medical facility, a facility for the
				dependent, a home for individual residential care or an outpatient facility
				shall maintain surveillance of employees and independent contractors of the
				facility or home, who provide direct services to a patient, resident or client
				of the facility or home, for tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection. The
				surveillance of such employees and independent contractors must be conducted in
				accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and
				Prevention for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in facilities
				providing health care set forth in the guidelines of the Centers for Disease
				Control and Prevention as adopted by reference in paragraph (g) of subsection 1
				of NAC 441A.200.
3. Before an employee or independent
				contractor described in subsection 2 first commences to work in a medical
				facility, a facility for the dependent, a home for individual residential care
				or an outpatient facility, the employee or independent contractor must have a:
(a) Physical examination or certification
				from a health care provider which indicates that the employee or independent
				contractor is in a state of good health and is free from active tuberculosis
				and any other communicable disease which may, in the opinion of that health
				care provider, pose an immediate threat to the patients, residents or clients
				of the medical facility, facility for the dependent, home for individual
				residential care or outpatient facility; and
(b) Tuberculosis screening test within the
				preceding 12 months, including persons with a history of bacillus
				Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination.
If the employee or independent contractor has only completed
				  the first step of a 2-step Mantoux tuberculin skin test within the preceding 12
				  months, then the second step of the 2-step Mantoux tuberculin skin test or
				  other single-step tuberculosis screening test must be administered.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.380 - Admission of persons to certain medical facilities, facilities for the dependent or homes for individual residential care: Testing; respiratory isolation; medical treatment; counseling and preventive treatment; documentation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
				section, the staff of a facility for the dependent, a home for individual
				residential care or a medical facility for extended care, skilled nursing or
				intermediate care shall:
(a) Before admitting
				a person to the facility or home, determine if the person:
(1) Has had a cough for more than 3
				weeks;
(2) Has a cough which is
				productive;
(3) Has blood in his or
				her sputum;
(4) Has a fever which
				is not associated with a cold, flu or other apparent illness;
(5) Is experiencing night sweats;
(6) Is experiencing unexplained weight loss;
				or
(7) Has been in close contact
				with a person who has active tuberculosis.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.385 - Care of medically indigent patient in State Tuberculosis Control Program; payment of cost

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The care of a
				person who has been accepted as a medically indigent patient in the State
				Tuberculosis Control Program:
(a) Is the
				responsibility of the designated agent of the Division; and
(b) Must be continuous until the person is
				discharged from medical care, whether the patient is hospitalized or receiving
				treatment as an outpatient.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Tuberculosis › Section 441A.390 - Treatment of case or suspected case by health care provider

Current through June 11, 2024
A health care provider shall treat a case having active
				  tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection or a suspected case considered to have
				  active tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection with a chemotherapeutic regimen
				  approved by the health authority.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92; A 10-22-93
NRS
					 441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Human Rabies › Section 441A.400 - Case or suspected case: Investigation by health authority; standard of care in medical facility

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The health
				authority shall investigate each report of a case having human rabies or
				suspected case considered to have human rabies to confirm the diagnosis, to
				identify any contacts, to identify the source of the infection and to make
				recommendations for postexposure rabies prophylaxis.
2. If a case having human rabies or suspected
				case considered to have human rabies is in a medical facility, the medical
				facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with strict isolation or
				other appropriate disease specific precautions.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
					 441A.120,
					 441A.410
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.410 - Appointment of rabies control authority; ordinance providing for rabies control program; authority of county, city or town to require licenses for dogs, cats and ferrets; duty of county, city or town to provide certain information to State Health Officer or representative thereof

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each county, city and town shall appoint a
				rabies control authority and enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control
				program. The ordinance must include a provision:
(a) Requiring all dogs, cats and ferrets in
				its jurisdiction to be vaccinated against rabies as prescribed in NAC
				441A.435.
(b) Authorizing the
				rabies control authority in the county, city or town to issue a citation to the
				owner of a dog, cat or ferret which is not vaccinated against rabies as
				prescribed in NAC 441A.435 and providing that only a certificate of vaccination
				against rabies issued pursuant to NAC 441A.440 is acceptable as proof of
				vaccination against rabies.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.412 - Rabies control authority in certain jurisdictions to maintain record of certificates of vaccinations against rabies; confidentiality of record

Current through June 11, 2024
The rabies control authority of each town, city or county
				  whose population is more than 50,000 shall maintain a record of the
				  certificates of vaccinations against rabies that is organized according to the
				  names of the owners of the vaccinated animals. The record of the certificates
				  of vaccinations against rabies maintained by the rabies control authority is
				  confidential and may be disclosed only to an animal control authority or health
				  authority or pursuant to a court order.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health by R047-99, eff. 9-27-99
NRS
					 441A.120,
					 441A.410
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.415 - Rabies control authority: Investigate report of person bitten by rabies-susceptible animal; ensure proper procedures carried out for confinement, testing, quarantine or euthanasia of biting animal

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The rabies control authority shall
				investigate each report of a person bitten by a rabies-susceptible animal to
				confirm the report, to gather information about the circumstances of the biting
				incident, to determine the disposition of the biting animal and to make
				recommendations for postexposure rabies prophylaxis. If the rabies control
				authority is not the health authority, all recommendations for postexposure
				prophylaxis shall be made in accordance with a protocol established by the
				health authority.
2. The rabies
				control authority shall ensure that the proper procedures are carried out for
				the confinement, testing, quarantine or euthanasia of the biting animal as
				specified in NAC 441A.425. Lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) and rodents must be
				submitted for laboratory testing only under exceptional circumstances such as
				an unprovoked attack.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
					 441A.120,
					 441A.410
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.420 - Rabies control authority to investigate case or suspected case of animal rabies; authority of rabies control authority to enter private property; destruction of head of rabies-susceptible animal prohibited

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The rabies control authority shall
				investigate each report of a case having animal rabies or suspected case
				considered to have animal rabies to confirm the diagnosis, to identify the
				source of infection, to identify any human or animal contacts, to order the
				disposition of rabid or suspected rabid animals and to make recommendations for
				postexposure rabies prophylaxis.
2.
				If the rabies control authority is not the health authority, recommendations
				concerning postexposure prophylaxis must be made in accordance with a protocol
				established by the health authority.
3. The rabies control authority may enter
				private property for the purpose of:
a.
				Investigating an animal bite and assessing any animal that has been in close
				contact with another animal suspected or known to have rabies;
b. Seizing an animal that has bitten a
				person;
c. Determining if any animal
				kept or harbored therein has rabies or has been exposed to rabies; or
d. Implementing orders for quarantine,
				confinement, confiscation or euthanasia of an animal.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.425 - Management of animals that have bitten persons; responsibility of owner for costs of quarantine, veterinary care and examination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in
				subsections 2 and 3, the rabies control authority shall cause a dog, cat or
				ferret, regardless of current vaccination against rabies, which has bitten a
				person, to be quarantined and, for 10 days following the bite, to be observed
				under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian or any other person designated
				by the rabies control authority. The dog, cat or ferret must be quarantined
				within an enclosure or with restraints deemed adequate by the rabies control
				authority to prevent direct contact with a person or an animal.
2. If a dog which has bitten a person is
				owned by a canine unit of a law enforcement agency or is a service animal or
				service animal in training, the rabies control authority may waive the
				requirement that the dog be quarantined if:
(a) The bite occurred while the dog was
				carrying out his or her normal duties for the law enforcement agency or as a
				service animal or service animal in training;
(b) The dog has been vaccinated against
				rabies pursuant to NAC 441A.435; and
(c) For 10 days following the bite, the dog
				is observed under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian or any other
				person designated by the rabies control authority.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Animal Rabies › Section 441A.430 - Management of animals that have been in close contact with animal suspected or known to have rabies; responsibility of owner for costs of quarantine, veterinary care and examination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in this section, a wild or exotic animal that is
				rabies-susceptible and in close contact with an animal suspected or known to
				have rabies must be euthanized immediately. The rabies control authority may
				exempt a rare or valuable animal from the provisions of this section.
2. A dog, cat or ferret which is considered
				by the rabies control authority to have been in close contact with an animal
				suspected or known to have rabies must be managed according to the guidelines
				for the prevention, postexposure management and control of rabies as specified
				in the "Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2016," adopted by
				reference in NAC
				441A.200, regardless of whether
				the dog, cat or ferret has been vaccinated pursuant to NAC
				441A.433 and
				441A.435. If the animal is
				euthanized prior to the completion of the management process, the head of the
				animal must be removed and submitted to the State Department of Agriculture to
				test for rabies.
3. A domesticated
				animal of a rabies-susceptible species, other than a dog, cat or ferret, which
				is considered by the rabies control authority to have been in close contact
				with an animal suspected or known to have rabies must be managed according to
				the discretion of the rabies control authority.
4. The owner of an animal confined pursuant
				to the provisions of this section is responsible for all costs of confinement
				and veterinary care and examination.
5. As used in this section, "in close contact
				with an animal suspected or known to have rabies" means, within the past 180
				days, to have been bitten, mouthed or mauled by, or closely confined on the
				same premises with, an animal suspected or known to have rabies.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 1-24-92; A 3-28-96; R047-99, 9-27-99; A by
				  R187-18A,
				  eff. 6/12/2019; A by
				  R148-22A,
				  eff. 7/26/2023
NRS 439.200,
					 441A.120,
					 441A.410