Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.480

Current through November 25, 2024

Section 441A.480 - Campylobacteriosis

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having campylobacteriosis to confirm the diagnosis, to identify the source of infection and to determine if the case is employed in a sensitive occupation or is a child attending a child care facility.

2. A person excreting Campylobacter spp. shall not work in a sensitive occupation until authorized to do so by the health authority, unless the employer of the person would be prohibited from preventing the person from engaging in that occupation by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 613.330. The health authority may authorize a person excreting Campylobacter spp. to work in a sensitive occupation if:

(a) At least two fecal specimens, which are collected from the case at least 24 hours apart and at least 48 hours after cessation of antimicrobial therapy, fail to show Campylobacter spp. organisms upon testing by a medical laboratory; or

(b) If the case is asymptomatic and there is no indication of poor personal hygiene.

3. The health authority shall instruct a person excreting Campylobacter spp. of the need and proper method of hand washing after defecation.

4. An infant or child who is excreting Campylobacter spp. shall not attend a child care facility until asymptomatic, unless the child care facility would be prohibited from preventing the infant or child from attending by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 651.050 to 651.120, inclusive. The health authority shall instruct a child care facility where an infant or child who is excreting Campylobacter spp. is attending of the need and proper method of hand washing and other practices for the control of infection which prevent the transmission of campylobacteriosis.

5. A person residing in the same household as a case having campylobacteriosis shall not work in a sensitive occupation unless authorized by the health authority.

6. If a case having campylobacteriosis is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with enteric precautions or other appropriate disease specific precautions.

Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.480

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R187-18A, eff. 6/12/2019; A by R148-22A, eff. 7/26/2023

NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.180