Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter441A Infectious Diseases; Toxic Agents |
SYSTEM FOR SYNDROMIC REPORTING AND ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE |
NAC441A.905. “Active surveillance” interpreted.
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- The Board interprets the term “active surveillance,” as used in NRS 441A.125 and NAC 441A.900 to 441A.940, inclusive, to mean that the health authority has initiated contact with an emergency facility, a health care provider or a pharmacy to obtain information relating to public health, including, without limitation, information concerning the number of patients who were cared for at the emergency facility or by the health care provider, the medical diagnoses of those patients, and other information concerning the signs or symptoms of disease.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011)