R9-6-346. Hantavirus Infection

A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall: 1. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a hantavirus infection case or suspect case, notify the Department within one working day after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report; 2. Ensure that a hantavirus infection case or, if the case is a child or incapacitated adult, the parent or guardian of the case receives health education about reducing the risks of becoming reinfected with or of having others become infected with hantavirus; 3. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported hantavirus infection case or suspect case; and 4. For each hantavirus infection case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D). B. Environmental control measures: A local health agency shall conduct an environmental assessment for each hantavirus infection case or suspect case.