NAC441A.625. Mumps.

     1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having mumps to confirm the diagnosis, to determine the history of immunization of the case and to determine the source of the infection.

     2. The health authority shall offer immunization against mumps to any susceptible contact.

     3. A case having mumps must be excluded from child care facilities, schools, sporting events sponsored by schools, sensitive occupations, public gatherings, and from contact with a susceptible person who does not reside in the same household as the case in accordance with the recommendations set forth in “Updated Recommendations for Isolation of Persons with Mumps,” adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.

     4. If a case having mumps is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with respiratory isolation or other appropriate disease specific precautions in accordance with the recommendations set forth in “Updated Recommendations for Isolation of Persons with Mumps,” adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.

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