NAC441A.245. Duty of principal, director or other person in charge of school, child care facility or correctional facility to report communicable disease; content of report; cooperation with health authority; requirements when communicable disease identified in child attending school or child care facility.

     1. The principal, director or other person in charge of a school, child care facility or correctional facility who knows of or suspects the presence of a communicable disease within the school, child care facility or correctional facility shall report the communicable disease to the health authority having jurisdiction where the school, child care facility or correctional facility is located. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the report must be made in the manner provided in NAC 441A.225.

     2. The report must include:

     (a) The communicable disease or suspected communicable disease.

     (b) The name, address and, if available, telephone number of the person known or suspected to have the communicable disease.

     (c) The name, address and telephone number of the person making the report.

     (d) The occupation, employer, age, sex, race and date of birth of the person known or suspected to have the communicable disease, if available.

     (e) The date of onset and the date of diagnosis of the communicable disease, if available.

     (f) Any other information requested by the health authority, if available.

     3. The principal, director or other person in charge of a school, child care facility or correctional facility shall promptly cooperate with the health authority during:

     (a) An investigation of the circumstances or cause of a case, suspected case, outbreak or suspected outbreak.

     (b) The carrying out of measures for the prevention, suppression and control of a communicable disease, including, without limitation, procedures of exclusion, isolation and quarantine.

     4. If a communicable disease is identified in a child attending a school or child care facility:

     (a) The principal, director or other person in charge of the school or child care facility shall report the communicable disease to the health authority on the same day on which the disease is identified.

     (b) The health authority shall begin the investigation of the report of the communicable disease immediately upon receipt of the report.

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