Current through September 2, 2024
Section 16.02.10.780 - TUBERCULOSIS01.Reporting Requirements. Each case of tuberculosis must be reported to the Department or Health District within three (3) working days of identification.02.Investigation. Each reported case of tuberculosis must be investigated to confirm the diagnosis, identify contacts, associated cases, and the source of the infection.03.Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Definition. Tuberculosis disease of the lungs, determined by a physician to be potentially contagious by clinical or bacteriological evidence or by evidence of the spread of the disease to others. Tuberculosis is considered active until cured.04.Cure of Tuberculosis - Definition. The completion of a course of antituberculosis treatment.05.Restrictions - Daycare Facility. A person with active pulmonary tuberculosis must not attend or work in any occupation in which they have direct contact or provides personal care to children in a daycare facility, until they are determined to be noninfectious by a licensed physician, the Department, or Health District.06.Restrictions - Health Care Facility. a. A person suspected to have pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care facility must be managed under the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," as incorporated in Section 004 of these rules, until the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis is excluded by a licensed physician.b. A person with active pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care facility must be managed under the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," as incorporated in Section 004 of these rules, until they are determined to be noninfectious by a licensed physician, the infection control committee of the facility, or the Department.c. A person with active pulmonary tuberculosis must not work in any occupation in which they have direct contact or provides personal care to persons confined to a health care or residential care facility, until they are determined to be noninfectious by a licensed physician, infection control committee of the facility, or the Department.d. In the event that active pulmonary tuberculosis is diagnosed in an employee, patient, or resident, the health care facility must conduct an investigation to identify contacts. The Department or Health District may assist in the investigation.07.Restrictions - School. A person with active pulmonary tuberculosis must not attend or work in any occupation in which they have direct contact with students in a private, parochial, charter, or public school until they are determined to be noninfectious by a licensed physician, the Department, or Health District.08.Restrictions - Household Contacts. Any member of a household, in which there is a case of active pulmonary tuberculosis, must not attend or work in any occupation in which they provide direct supervision of students in a school, personal care to children in a daycare facility or persons confined to a health care facility, or works in a food service facility, until they have been determined to be noninfectious by a licensed physician, the Department, or Health District.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.10.780