reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.112 - BODY ART AND COSMETICS › Subchapter 37.112.1 - Tattoo Parlors › Rule 37.112.165 - BODY PIERCING: ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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(1) If the client is under the age of three,
				the client's parent or legal guardian must be given verbal and written warning
				of the inherent choking hazard of the jewelry before the body piercing. This
				warning may be included on the consent form.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, body
				piercing does not include the following:
(a)
				the practice of electrology as defined in ARM Title 37, chapter 31, subchapter
				1;
(b) the practice of a physician
				or licensed medical professional as long as the person does not hold himself or
				herself out as a body piercer;
(c)
				the practice of acupuncture; and
(d) other types of body modifications,
				including but not limited to cutting muscle to make a permanent split such as
				tongue-splitting, cutting into bone, trepanation (drilling into the skull),
				dental modification, amputation, implants, saline injection, vacuum pumping,
				circumcision, castration, penectomy, and subincision or superincision of
				genitals.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.112 - BODY ART AND COSMETICS › Subchapter 37.112.1 - Tattoo Parlors › Rule 37.112.167 - BODY PIERCING: EAR LOBE PIERCING EXEMPTIONS

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(1)
				Establishments that perform ear lobe piercing only by using a mechanized
				presterilized ear-piercing system approved by the department or its designee
				may be exempted from ARM
				37.112.116(2),
				37.112.117(2),
				(5), and (8) as long as:
(a) the work area in which ear lobe piercing
				takes place is separated enough from the other areas so that no physical
				contact can be reasonably expected to occur between the general public and the
				client or artist;
(b) a minimum of
				30 foot-candles of light is provided at the level where the ear piercing is
				being performed. Spot lighting may be used to achieve this degree of
				illumination; and
(c) the artist
				and client must have convenient access to handwashing facilities. If the
				handwashing facility is not within the work room or within ten feet of the work
				room door, then a 70% alcohol-based hand sanitizer must be used in accordance
				with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in
				Health-Care Settings" (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 2002, Vol. 51,
				No. RR-16) immediately before putting on gloves and immediately after removal
				of the gloves. The department adopts and incorporates by reference the U.S.
				Centers for Disease Control "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care
				Settings" (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 2002, Vol. 51, No. RR-16).
				Copies of this guideline may be obtained by contacting the Montana Department
				of Public Health and Human Services, Public Health and Safety Division, Food
				and Consumer Safety Section, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT
				59620-2951.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.113 - MONTANA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT › Subchapter 37.113.1 - Montana Clean Indoor Air Act › Rule 37.113.101 - DEFINITIONS

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In addition to those terms defined in
				  50-40-103,
				  MCA, the following terms, as used in Title 50, chapter 40, part 1, MCA, have
				  the meaning set forth below:
(1)
				"Designee" means, for purposes of determining who is designated by the
				department to act on its behalf in enforcement of the Montana Clean Indoor Air
				Act of 1979, is any entity with which the department has entered into an
				agreement outlining mutual responsibilities.
(2) "Enclosed room", for purposes of the
				definition of "place of work" in
				50-40-103,
				MCA, means an area with a wall on all sides reaching from floor to ceiling,
				exclusive of windows and doors, and does not include an area completely or
				partially open to the outside air such as a roofed shelter.
(3) "Private residence" means the personal
				living quarters of an individual, regardless of the legal status of the
				property, such as incorporation of a ranch, unless the residence is part of a
				structure, such as a health care facility, where smoking is specifically
				prohibited by Title 50, chapter 40, part 1, MCA.
50-40-110,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-40-103,
					 50-40-104,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.113 - MONTANA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT › Subchapter 37.113.1 - Montana Clean Indoor Air Act › Rule 37.113.104 - BARS, CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATION FOR EXCEPTION (REPEALED)

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50-40-110,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-40-104,
					 50-40-108,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.113 - MONTANA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT › Subchapter 37.113.1 - Montana Clean Indoor Air Act › Rule 37.113.108 - INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT

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(1) The
				department, a local health board and their respective designees may conduct
				inspections of:
(a) enclosed public places to
				determine if any violation of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, Title 50,
				chapter 40, parts 1 and 2, MCA has occurred; and
(b) public school property to determine
				compliance with
				20-1-220,
				MCA, relating to tobacco use on public school property.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.113 - MONTANA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT › Subchapter 37.113.1 - Montana Clean Indoor Air Act › Rule 37.113.112 - COMPLAINT PROCEDURE REGARDING SMOKING VIOLATIONS

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(1) An individual who believes that a
				violation of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act or of
				20-1-220,
				MCA has occurred may file a written or electronic complaint with the department
				or the local health board or its designee that describes the violation, and
				provides the date of the violation and is signed by the complaining
				party.
(2) If a complaint is filed
				with the local health board, a written or electronic copy of the complaint must
				be forwarded within 30 days to the Department of Public Health and Human
				Services, Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Section, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT
				59620-2951.
(3) If a complaint is
				filed initially with the department or a designee of the department, a written
				or electronic copy will be forwarded within five working days to the local
				health board of the county in which the violation allegedly occurred.
(4) Once a complaint is filed, the department
				or a designee of the department, which may include the local health department,
				may conduct an investigation to determine if a violation occurred.
(5) If the department or its designee, after
				an investigation, determines that a violation did occur, it will document the
				violation and file the documentation and the determination of the department or
				its designee with the office of the county attorney in the county where the
				violation occurred.
50-40-110,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 20-1-220,
					 50-40-104,
					 50-40-108,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.1 - General Provisions › Rule 37.114.102 - LOCAL BOARD RULES

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(1) A local board
				of health may adopt rules for the control of communicable diseases, if such
				rules are as stringent as and do not conflict with the requirements of this
				chapter.
50-1-202,
					 50-2-116,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-116,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.1 - General Provisions › Rule 37.114.105 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

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(1) The department
				adopts and incorporates by reference the following publications:
(a) The "Control of Communicable Diseases
				Manual, An Official Report of the American Public Health Association",
				21stedition, 2022, which lists and specifies control measures for communicable
				diseases.
(b) The "2007 Guideline
				for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in
				Healthcare Settings," published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
				Prevention, which specifies precautions that should be taken to prevent
				transmission of communicable diseases for cases admitted to a hospital or other
				health care facility.
(c) The
				"Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021," published by the
				U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the July 23, 2021, Morbidity
				and Mortality Weekly Report, volume 70, hereafter referred to as "Sexually
				Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021," and specify the most
				currently accepted effective treatments for sexually transmitted
				infections.
(d) The "Food Code,
				2013, Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service, Food and Drug
				Administration," published by the National Technical Information
				Service.
(e) The Official American
				Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases
				Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible
				Tuberculosis, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, October 1,
				2016.
(f) The "Guidelines for the
				Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis," which
				provide recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association
				and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published December 16,
				2005.
(g) The "Interim Guidance for
				a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant
				Organisms (MDROs)", updated January 2019, published by the U.S. Centers for
				Disease Control and Prevention, which serves as general guidance to state and
				local health departments and healthcare facilities in relation to the initial
				response for the containment of novel or targeted MDROs or resistance
				mechanisms.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.2 - Reporting Requirements › Rule 37.114.201 - REPORTERS

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(1) With the exceptions noted in (3), (4),
				and (5), any person, including a physician, dentist, nurse, medical examiner,
				other health care practitioner, administrator of a health care facility or
				laboratory, public or private school administrator, day care facility or youth
				camp personnel, or laboratory professional, who knows or has reason to believe
				that a case exists of a reportable disease or condition defined in ARM
				37.114.203
				must immediately report to the local health officer the information specified
				in ARM
				37.114.205(1) and
				(2).
(2) A local health officer must submit to the
				department, on the schedule noted in ARM
				37.114.204,
				the information specified in ARM
				37.114.205
				concerning each confirmed or suspected case of which the officer is
				informed.
(3) A state-funded
				anonymous testing site for HIV infection is not subject to the reporting
				requirement in (1) with regard to HIV testing.
(4) With the exception of a licensed
				healthcare provider, reporters under (1) may report directly to the department
				at the department's request with approval of the local health
				authority.
(5) With the exception
				of diseases listed in ARM
				37.114.204(1) and
				(2)(a), laboratories, with the consent of the
				local health officer, may utilize electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) to
				satisfy (1).
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-17-103,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-17-103,
					 50-18-102,
					 50-18-106,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.2 - Reporting Requirements › Rule 37.114.204 - REPORTS AND REPORT DEADLINES

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(1) A local
				health officer must immediately report (within four hours) to the department by
				telephone the information cited in ARM
				37.114.205(1) through
				(2) whenever a case of one of the following
				diseases or other condition of public health importance is suspected or
				confirmed:
(a) Anthrax;
(b) Botulism;
(c) Plague;
(d) Poliomyelitis, paralytic or
				nonparalytic;
(e) Severe acute
				respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) disease;
(f) Smallpox;
(g) Tularemia; or
(h) Viral hemorrhagic
				fevers.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.2 - Reporting Requirements › Rule 37.114.205 - REPORT CONTENTS

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(1) A report of a
				case of reportable disease or a condition which is required by ARM
				37.114.204(1) or
(2) must include, if available:
(a) first and last name and middle initial,
				physical address including city, state and zip code, date of birth, gender,
				race, and ethnicity of the case;
(b) dates of onset of the disease or
				condition and the date the disease or condition was reported to the health
				officer;
(c) whether or not the
				case is suspected or confirmed;
(d)
				name and address of the case's physician; and
(e) name of the reporter or other person the
				department can contact for further information regarding the case.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.301 - SENSITIVE OCCUPATIONS

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(1) A local health
				officer or the department may restrict a person employed or engaged in direct
				care of children, the elderly, or individuals who are otherwise at a high risk
				for disease from practicing an occupation or activity while infected by a
				reportable disease if, given the means of transmission of the disease in
				question, the nature of the person's work would tend to transmit the disease.
(2) No infectious person may
				engage in any occupation or activity involving the preparation, serving, or
				handling of food, including milk, to be consumed by others than their immediate
				family, until a local health officer determines them to be free of the
				infectious agent or unlikely to transmit the infectious agent due to the nature
				of their particular work.
(3)
				Persons involved in food preparation, serving, or handling of food may be
				subject to additional restrictions as specified in: "Food Code, 2013,
				Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service, Food and Drug
				Administration" published by National Technical Information Service,
				Publication PB2013-110462, ISBN 978-1-935239-02 -4, November 3, 2013.
(4) Persons attending or residing in
				congregate settings may be subject to additional restrictions and exclusions to
				prevent further transmission as determined by the local health
				authority.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.303 - FUNERALS

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(1) A funeral service for a person who died
				of a reportable disease must be conducted in accordance with instructions of a
				local health officer.
(2) If a
				person dies from a disease requiring quarantine of contacts, a funeral service
				for that person may be open to the public only if the casket remains closed and
				those contacts subject to the quarantine who attend the funeral are segregated
				from the rest of those attending, unless the contacts have been determined by a
				local health officer to be incapable of transmitting the infection or disease
				which caused the death.
(3)
				Transportation of dead human bodies must be in accord with ARM
				37.116.103.
50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.306 - TRANSPORTATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CASES

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(1)
				Neither an infected person with a communicable disease for which subchapter 5
				of this chapter prescribes isolation nor a contact made subject to quarantine
				by that subchapter may travel or be transported from one location to another
				without the permission of the local health officers with jurisdiction over the
				places of departure and arrival, except if, in the case of an infected person:
(a) the infected person is to be admitted
				directly to a hospital for the treatment of the communicable disease;
				and
(b) both local health officers
				are satisfied that adequate precautions are taken to prevent dissemination of
				the disease by the infected person en route to the hospital.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.307 - QUARANTINE OF CONTACTS: NOTICE AND OBSERVATION

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(1) If a communicable disease requires
				quarantine of contacts, a local health officer or the department shall
				institute whatever quarantine measures are necessary to prevent transmission,
				specifying in writing the person or animal to be quarantined, the place of
				quarantine, the frequency with which possible or known contacts must be
				medically observed to determine if physiological signs of the disease are
				occurring, and the duration of the quarantine.
(2) A local health officer or the department
				must ensure such contacts are medically observed as frequently as necessary
				during the quarantine period.
50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 50-18-107,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.308 - ISOLATION OF PATIENT: NOTICE

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(1) When
				isolation of a patient is declared, the agency declaring the isolation must
				supply to the infected person in writing a description of the place of
				isolation, the length of the isolation period, and the name and title of the
				person declaring the isolation.
(2)
				A local health officer or the department may inspect the place of isolation
				during the period of isolation to determine compliance with the
				isolation.
50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 50-18-107,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.312 - IMPORTATION OF DISEASE

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(1) No person who
				has a reportable disease for which subchapter 5 of this chapter prescribes
				isolation may be brought within the boundaries of the state without prior
				notice to the department and approval of measures to be taken within Montana to
				prevent disease transmission.
50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.313 - CONFIRMATION OF DISEASE

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(1) Subject to the
				limitation in (2), if a local health officer receives information about a case
				of any of the following diseases, the officer must work with the department to
				ensure that a specimen from the case is submitted to the department, when
				possible, which will be analyzed to confirm the existence or absence of the
				disease in question, or for further examination associated with surveillance or
				investigation of disease transmission:
(a)
				Anthrax;
(b) Arboviral diseases,
				neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive (California serogroup, Chikungunya, Eastern
				equine encephalitis, Powassan, Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus,
				Western equine encephalitis, Zika virus infection);
(c) Botulism;
(d) Brucellosis;
(e) Candida auris (C. auris);
(f) Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms;
(g) Cholera;
(h) Diphtheria;
(i) Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing
				(STEC);
(j) Haemophilus influenzae
				invasive disease;
(k) Hantavirus
				pulmonary syndrome or infection;
(l) Influenza;
(m) Listeriosis;
(n) Measles (rubeola);
(o) Meningococcal disease (Neisseria
				meningitidis);
(p) Plague;
(q) Poliomyelitis, paralytic or
				non-paralytic;
(r) Rabies (human);
(s) Rubella (including
				congenital);
(t) Salmonellosis
				(including Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi);
(u) Severe acute respiratory
				syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) disease;
(v) Shigellosis;
(w) Smallpox;
(x) Trichinellosis (Trichinosis);
(y) Tuberculosis disease;
(z) Tularemia;
(aa) Vancomycin-intermediate staphylococcus
				aureus (VISA);
(ab)
				Vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (VRSA); and
(ac) Vibriosis.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.314 - INVESTIGATION OF A CASE

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(1) Immediately
				after being notified of a case or an outbreak of a reportable disease, a local
				health officer must investigate and take whatever steps are necessary to
				prevent transmission of the disease
(2) If the local health officer finds that
				the nature of the disease and the circumstances of the case or outbreak warrant
				such action, the local health officer must:
(a) examine or ensure that a health care
				provider examines any infected person in order to verify the
				diagnosis;
(b) make an
				epidemiologic investigation to determine the source and possible transmission
				of infection;
(c) take appropriate
				steps, as outlined in the "Control of Communicable Diseases Manual", to prevent
				or control the transmission of disease; and
(d) notify contacts as defined in ARM
				37.114.101
				of the case and give them the information needed to prevent contracting the
				disease.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.315 - POTENTIAL OUTBREAKS

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(1) Whenever a
				communicable disease listed in ARM
				37.114.203,
				or the "Control of Communicable Diseases Manual", or other communicable disease
				that constitutes a threat to the health of the public, becomes so prevalent as
				to endanger an area outside of the jurisdiction where it first occurred, the
				local health officer of the jurisdictional area in which the disease occurs
				must notify and cooperate with the department to control the transmission of
				the disease in question.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.3 - General Control Measures › Rule 37.114.316 - OUTBREAK IN AN INSTITUTIONAL OR CONGREGATE SETTING

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(1) Infection
				control precautions must be employed until laboratory tests indicate what
				organism is responsible for the outbreak, after which, control measures must be
				taken which are specific for the organism in question.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.501 - MINIMAL CONTROL MEASURES

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(1) The control
				measures described in the "Control of Communicable Diseases Manual" must be
				employed, unless otherwise provided in this subchapter. Unless a particular
				control measure specifies who is responsible, the local health officer or the
				authorized representative of a local health officer must:
(a) employ the minimum control measures;
				or
(b) ensure that minimal control
				measures are employed by a health care provider or other person caring for a
				person with a reportable disease.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.503 - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND HIV INFECTION

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(1) Whenever human immunodeficiency virus
				(HIV) infection occurs, infection control fluid precautions must be used for
				the duration of the infection.
(2)
				The department or local health officer must ensure that the following actions
				are taken:
(a) instruct the case how to
				prevent transmitting the HIV infection to others;
(b) provide the case with information about
				any available services relevant to the case's health status and refer the case
				to appropriate services;
(c)
				interview the infected person to determine the person's contacts; and
(d) locate each contact, counsel each
				contact, advise the contact to receive testing to determine the contact's HIV
				status, and refer the contact for appropriate services.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.504 - AMEBIASIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.506 - ANTHRAX (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.507 - BOTULISM: INFANT BOTULISM (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.509 - BRUCELLOSIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.510 - CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.512 - CHANCROID

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(1) The local health officer or the
				department must either employ or ensure that control measures as outlined in
				the "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines" are
				followed.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.514 - CHICKENPOX (VARICELLA) (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.515 - CHLAMYDIA INFECTION

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(1) The local
				health officer or the department must either employ or ensure that control
				measures as outlined in the "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment
				Guidelines" are followed.
(2) The
				local health officer must interview an individual who contracts the infection
				in order to determine the person's sexual contacts, and must ensure that those
				contacts are examined and receive the medical treatment indicated by clinical
				or laboratory findings.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 50-18-107,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.516 - CHOLERA (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.518 - COLORADO TICK FEVER (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.519 - CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.521 - DIARRHEAL DISEASE OUTBREAK (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.522 - DIPHTHERIA (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.524 - ENCEPHALITIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.525 - ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157:H7 ENTERITIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.526 - ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTERITIS (SHIGA-TOXIN PRODUCING)

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(1) The local health officer or the
				department must ensure that a child attending day care or child care as defined
				in ARM
				37.95.102
				must be excluded from such care until diarrhea resolves and two stool specimens
				collected at least 24 hours apart, obtained at least 48 hours after
				antimicrobial therapy has been discontinued, are negative.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.527

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AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.528 - GIARDIASIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.530 - GONORRHEA

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(1) The local health officer or the
				department must either employ or ensure that control measures as outlined in
				the "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines" are
				followed.
(2) The local health
				officer must interview an individual who contracts the infection in order to
				determine the person's sexual contacts, and must ensure that those contacts are
				examined and receive the medical treatment indicated by clinical or laboratory
				findings.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 50-18-107,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.531 - GRANULOMA INGUINALE

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(1) The local
				health officer or the department must either employ or ensure that control
				measures as outlined in the "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment
				Guidelines" are followed.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.533 - HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA B INVASIVE DISEASE (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.534 - HANSEN'S DISEASE (LEPROSY) (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.536 - HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.537 - HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.539 - HEPATITIS TYPE A (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.540 - HEPATITIS TYPE B (ACUTE OR CHRONIC)

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(1) For a
				case of type B hepatitis not involving a pregnant woman, control measures
				outlined in Control of Communicable Diseases Manual must be applied.
(2) In the event a hepatitis B surface
				antigen (HbsAg) is positive in a pregnant woman, the local health officer must:
(a) ensure appropriate health care providers
				and the birthing facility are aware of the mother's status and the infant's
				need for prophylaxis;
(b) ensure
				that hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and vaccine are readily available at the
				birthing facility at the expected time of delivery;
(c) confirm the administration of HBIG and
				vaccine after delivery and submit the report form provided by the department
				within seven days after delivery and counsel the mother and provider regarding
				the need for further vaccination and testing;
(d) at one to two months and again at six to
				seven months after delivery contact the health care provider or guardian of the
				infant to confirm the vaccine was given and provide an update to the department
				using a form provided by the department; and
(e) at nine to 15 months after delivery,
				confirm testing of the infant for the surface antigen and antibody to the
				hepatitis B virus (HBV), counsel as appropriate, and provide an update to the
				department using a form provided by the department.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.542 - HEPATITIS C (ACUTE OR CHRONIC)

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(1) The
				local health officer must ensure that each case is counseled regarding
				prevention of transmission to others and provided with referrals to counseling
				and medical care as appropriate.
(2) In cases of acute Hepatitis C, the local
				health officer must identify, notify, and refer at-risk contacts for
				testing.
(3) In cases of chronic
				Hepatitis C, the local health officer may notify and refer at-risk contacts for
				testing, or encourage the case to do so.
50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.544 - INFLUENZA (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.546 - TOXIC METALS

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(1) The health
				officer must gather information about the circumstances and nature of the
				exposure using forms developed by the department.
(2) The local health officer must ensure that
				the following actions are performed when a biological sample derived from the
				human body is reported that exceeds reportable toxic metal levels indicated in
				ARM
				37.114.203(1)(e),
				(i), (ai), and (ar). The health officer or
				health-care provider must provide:
(a)
				counseling about the health consequences of their toxic metals
				exposure;
(b) information about
				ways to reduce or eliminate their exposure(s) to toxic metals ; and
(c) referral of the case and household
				members potentially at risk of exposure to a health-care provider for
				additional follow-up and testing as appropriate.
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.548 - LEGIONELLOSIS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.549 - LISTERIOSIS OUTBREAK (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.551 - LYME DISEASE (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.552 - LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM

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(1) The local
				health officer or the department must either employ or ensure that control
				measures as outlined in the "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment
				Guidelines" are followed.
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-105,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 50-18-102,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.554 - MALARIA (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.555 - MEASLES: RUBEOLA (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.557 - MENINGITIS: BACTERIAL OR VIRAL (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-1-204,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.558 - MUMPS (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.559 - MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISMS (MDROs)

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(1) For
				cases or outbreaks of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs), control measurers
				outlined in the "Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel
				or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)," updated January 2019, must
				be applied and infection control precautions appropriate to the event must be
				implemented.
(2) The department
				will provide consultation, assist with investigations, and coordinate responses
				in healthcare facility and community settings at the request of the local
				health officer. AUTH:
				50-1-202,
				MCA IMP:
				50-1-202,
				MCA
AUTH:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-116,
					 50-17-103,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-202,
					 50-17-103,
					 50-18-101,
					 MCA
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.560 - OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (REPEALED)

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50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;
Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.114 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 37.114.5 - Specific Control Measures › Rule 37.114.561 - PSITTACOSIS

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(1) For a case of Psittacosis, control
				measures outlined in Control of Communicable Diseases Manual must be
				applied.
(2) The local health
				officer must inquire whether a bird epidemiologically linked to a case of
				psittacosis was obtained from an aviary, and if so, determine the location of
				the aviary and report it to the Montana State Veterinarian, Department of
				Livestock.
50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-1-202,
					 50-2-118,
					 MCA;