NAC441A.180. “Suspected case” defined.

“Suspected case” means a person or animal who:

     1. Satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in “Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance,” adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200, to be classified as a suspected case of:

     (a) Anthrax;

     (b) Botulism, as defined in NAC 441A.465;

     (c) Diphtheria;

     (d) Extraordinary occurrence of illness;

     (e) Influenza that is known or suspected to be of a viral strain that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization has determined poses a risk of a national or global pandemic;

     (f) Measles;

     (g) Meningococcal disease;

     (h) Plague;

     (i) Poliovirus infection;

     (j) Rabies (human or animal);

     (k) Rubella;

     (l) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS);

     (m) Smallpox (variola);

     (n) Tuberculosis;

     (o) Tularemia; or

     (p) Viral hemorrhagic fever; or

     2. Is considered by a health care provider to possibly have a communicable disease identified in subsection 1 based on:

     (a) Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with the communicable disease; or

     (b) Laboratory evidence indicating the presence of:

          (1) The communicable disease;

          (2) The causative agent of the communicable disease; or

          (3) The person’s or animal’s immune response to a causative agent of the communicable disease.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011)