R9-6-325. Clostridioides difficile

Case control measures: 1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution transferring a known Clostridioides difficile case with active infection and diarrhea to another health care provider or health care institution or to a correctional facility shall, either personally or through a representative, ensure that the receiving health care provider, health care institution, or correctional facility is informed that the patient is a known Clostridioides difficile case. 2. If a known Clostridioides difficile case with active infection and diarrhea is being transferred from a correctional facility to another correctional facility or to a health care institution, an administrator of the correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall ensure that the receiving correctional facility or health care institution is informed that the individual is a known Clostridioides difficile case.