Section 441A.715 - Tularemia1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having tularemia or suspected case considered to have tularemia to confirm the diagnosis and to identify the source of the infection.2. If a case having pneumonic tularemia is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with isolation precautions for not less than 48 hours after the initiation of treatment specific for the disease. A case with open lesions must be cared for in general accordance with drainage and secretion precautions or other appropriate disease specific precautions.3. The health authority shall notify the State Health Officer if the source of infection is known or suspected to be related to an act of intentional transmission or biological terrorism.Nev. Admin. Code § 441A.715
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011