Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-366 - Mumps
A. Case control
measures:
1. An administrator of a school or
child care establishment, either personally or through a representative, shall:
a. Exclude a mumps case from the school or
child care establishment for five calendar days after the onset of glandular
swelling; and
b. Exclude a mumps
suspect case from the school or child care establishment and from school- or
child-care-establishment-sponsored events until evaluated and determined to be
noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse
practitioner, or local health agency.
2. A diagnosing health care provider or an
administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a
representative, shall isolate and institute droplet precautions with a mumps
case for five calendar days after the onset of glandular swelling.
3. An administrator of a health care
institution, either personally or through a representative, shall exclude a
mumps:
a. Case from working at the health care
institution for five calendar days after the onset of glandular swelling;
and
b. Suspect case from working at
the health care institution until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious
by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or local
health agency.
4. A local
health agency shall:
a. Upon receiving a
report under
R9-6-202
or
R9-6-203
of a mumps case or suspect case, notify the Department within one working day
after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information
contained in the report;
b. Conduct
an epidemiologic investigation of each reported mumps case or suspect
case;
c. For each mumps case,
submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required
under R9-6-206(D); and
d. In
consultation with the Department, ensure that one or more specimens from each
mumps case or suspect case, as required by the Department, are submitted to the
Arizona State Laboratory.
5. An administrator of a correctional
facility or shelter, either personally or through a representative, shall
comply with the mumps control measures recommended by a local health agency or
the Department.
B.
Contact control measures:
1. When a mumps
case has been at a school or child care establishment, the administrator of the
school or child care establishment, either personally or through a
representative, shall:
a. Consult with the
local health agency to determine who shall be excluded and how long each
individual shall be excluded from the school or child care establishment,
and
b. Comply with the local health
agency's recommendations for exclusion.
2. An administrator of a health care
institution shall ensure that a paid or volunteer full-time or part-time worker
at a health care institution does not participate in the direct care of a mumps
case or suspect case unless the worker is able to provide evidence of immunity
to mumps through one of the following:
a. A
record of immunization against mumps with two doses of live virus vaccine given
on or after the first birthday and at least one month apart; or
b. A statement signed by a physician,
physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, state health officer, or
local health officer affirming serologic evidence of immunity to
mumps.
3. A local health
agency shall determine which mumps contacts will be:
a. Quarantined or excluded, according to
R9-6-303, to prevent transmission; and
b. Advised to obtain an immunization against
mumps.
Notes
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A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall:
1. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported psittacosis case or suspect case; and
2. For each psittacosis case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).
B. Environmental control measures: A local health agency shall:
1. If a bird infected with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydophila psittaci is located in a private residence:
a. Provide health education for the bird's owner about psittacosis and the risks of becoming infected with psittacosis, and
b. Advise the bird's owner to obtain treatment for the bird; and
2. If a bird infected with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydophila psittaci is located in a setting other than a private residence:
a. Provide health education for the bird's owner about psittacosis and the risks of becoming infected with psittacosis,
b. Ensure that the bird is treated or destroyed and any contaminated structures are disinfected, and c. Require the bird's owner to isolate the bird from contact with members of the public and from other birds until treatment of the bird is completed or the bird is destroyed.