In certain circumstances where such notification has significant potential for

In certain circumstances where such notification has significant potential for interrupting the transmission of disease, the Department of Health, through its official representatives, may notify a third party of the presence of a reportable disease in another person. Such notification shall be subject to the prior approval of the State Health Officer or of the State Epidemiologist, and shall take place only under the following conditions: 1. Significant, medically recognized, and biologically plausible potential for the transmission of the disease involved must exist under the circumstances; 2. The party to be notified: a. Must be at significant risk of acquiring the disease in question or of aggravation of the disease by additional exposure if such notification does not occur, and be potentially able to avoid such transmission by realistic means as a result of the notification; or, b. Must stand in loco parentis or otherwise be responsible for the activities of other persons whose activities could realistically be expected to produce the potential for transmission of the disease to other individuals, and such notification would enable that person to take action which could realistically result in prevention of transmission; or, c. Could, with such notification, aid in preventing further transmission of the disease by offering testimony in a judicial proceeding concerning the infected individual’s violation of an order of the Mississippi State Department of Health.