R9-6-386. Smallpox

A. Case control measures: 1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall isolate and institute both airborne precautions and contact precautions for a smallpox case or suspect case, until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner. 2. A local health agency shall: a. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a smallpox case or suspect case, notify the Department within 24 hours after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report; b. In consultation with the Department: i. Ensure that isolation and both airborne precautions and contact precautions have been instituted for a smallpox case or suspect case to prevent transmission, and ii. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported smallpox case or suspect case; c. For each smallpox case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D); and d. In consultation with the Department, ensure that a specimen from each smallpox case or suspect case, as required by the Department, is submitted to the Arizona State Laboratory. B. Contact control measures: A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall: 1. Quarantine or exclude a smallpox contact as necessary, according to R9-6-303, to prevent transmission; and 2. Monitor the contact for smallpox symptoms, including fever, each day for 21 calendar days after last exposure.