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.655. Relapsing fever.
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- The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having relapsing fever, as identified by the finding of the infectious agent in clinical specimens upon testing by a medical laboratory, to:
1. Confirm the diagnosis;
2. Determine the extent of any outbreak;
3. Identify the source of the infection; and
4. Determine the necessity of initiating measures for the control of vectors.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)