Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-398 - Typhoid Fever

A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a typhoid fever 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;

1.2. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported typhoid fever case or suspect case;

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

3.4. Exclude a typhoid fever case or suspect case from working as a food handler, caring for children in or attending a child care establishment, or caring for patients or residents in a health care institution until:

a. At least one month after the date of onset of illness; and

b. After two successive stool specimens, collected from the typhoid fever case at least 24 hours apart and at least 48 hours after cessation of antibiotic therapy, are negative for Salmonella typhi;

4.5. If a stool specimen from a typhoid fever case who has received antibiotic therapy is positive for Salmonella typhi, enforce the exclusions specified in subsection (A)(4) until two successive stool specimens, collected from the typhoid fever case at least one month apart and 12 or fewer months after the date of onset of illness, are negative for Salmonella typhi;

5.6. If a positive stool specimen, collected at least 12 months after onset of illness, is obtained from a typhoid fever case who has received antibiotic therapy, redesignate the case as a carrier; and

6.7. Exclude a typhoid fever carrier from working as a food handler, caring for children in or attending a child care establishment, or caring for patients or residents in a health care institution until three successive stool specimens, collected from the typhoid fever carrier at least one month apart, are negative for Salmonella typhi.

B. Contact control measures: A local health agency shall exclude a typhoid fever contact from working as a food handler, caring for children in or attending a child care establishment, or caring for patients or residents in a health care institution until two successive stool specimens, collected from the typhoid fever contact at least 24 hours apart, are negative for Salmonella typhi.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-398

Adopted by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2608, effective 1/1/2018. Renumbered and amended from R9-6-388 by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1319, effective 6/2/2025.