HAR §11-156.1-39. §11-156

1-39 Interventions to control the spread of disease. The department may implement interventions the department deems necessary to prevent the spread of a communicable or dangerous disease, including but not limited to: (1) Monitoring the medical condition of a case or suspected case; (2) Counseling a case or suspected case regarding the reportable disease, required treatment, and the need for disease control measures; (3) Contacting and interviewing a case, suspected case, case's or suspected case's family, employer, school, or other related person or entity to ascertain compliance with disease control measures; (4) Requesting the assistance of the Centers for Disease Control to prevent a case or suspected case from boarding a commercial airplane if the department determines that the person is known or suspected to have a communicable disease that poses a threat to the public's health; (5) Ordering the testing of particular populations or groups of persons or animals to identify carriers of a communicable disease for the purpose of determining possible restrictions on activity, including but not limited to, food handlers, immigrants, travelers, students, and others who are at risk of transmission or exposure; (6) Providing for the administration of vaccines, medications, or other treatments to persons as necessary in order to prevent the probable spread of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease; and (7) Any other intervention action the department deems necessary to prevent the spread of a communicable or dangerous disease. [Eff MAR 20 2026] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 325-13) (Imp: HRS §§321-1, 321-31, 325-1.5, 325-8) 156.1-23 3625