NAC441A.400. Case or suspected case: Investigation by health authority; standard of care in medical facility.

     1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having human rabies or suspected case considered to have human rabies to confirm the diagnosis, to identify any contacts, to identify the source of the infection and to make recommendations for postexposure rabies prophylaxis.

     2. If a case having human rabies or suspected case considered to have human rabies is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with strict isolation or other appropriate disease specific precautions.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)