Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter441A Infectious Diseases; Toxic Agents |
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES |
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases |
NAC441A.575. Influenza.
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1. The health authority shall, for purposes of surveillance, obtain sufficient information of each case having influenza, as identified by confirmation by a medical laboratory of the presence of influenza viruses in clinical specimens, by demonstration of a specific serologic response in acute and convalescent sera or by a compatible clinical syndrome.
2. If a case having influenza is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with the appropriate disease specific precautions.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)