Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-341 - Giardiasis

A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall exclude a giardiasis case or suspect case from working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attending a child care establishment until:

1. Two successive stool specimens negative for Giardia lamblia are obtained from specimens collected from the case at least 24 hours apart; or

2. Treatment for giardiasis is initiated and diarrhea has resolved.

B. Contact control measures: A local health agency shall exclude a giardiasis contact with diarrhea of unknown cause from working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attending a child care establishment until diarrhea has resolved.

C. Outbreak control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported giardiasis outbreak;

2. For each giardiasis case involved in an outbreak, submit to the Department, as specified in Article 2, Table 4, the information required under R9-6-206(D); and

3. For each giardiasis outbreak, submit to the Department, as specified in Article 2, Table 4, the information required under R9-6-206(F).

Case control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Exclude a giardiasis case or suspect case with diarrhea from:

a. Working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attending a child care establishment until:

i. Treatment for giardiasis is initiated and diarrhea has resolved, or

ii. The local health agency has determined that the case or suspect case is unlikely to infect other individuals; and

b. Using an aquatic venue for two weeks after diarrhea has resolved;

2. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported giardiasis case or suspect case; and

3. For each giardiasis case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-341

Renumbered from R9-6-734 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-341 renumbered to R9-6-344; new Section R9-6-341 renumbered from R9-6-338 and amended effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-341 renumbered to R9-6-349; new R9-6-341 renumbered from R9-6-333 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-341 renumbered to R9-6-344; new R9-6-341 renumbered from R9-6-339and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended and renumbered from R9-6-335 by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2606, effective 1/1/2018. Renumbered and amended from R9-6-336 by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1318, effective 6/2/2025.