“Suspected case” defined.

“Suspected case” means a person or animal who: 1. Satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in “Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance,” adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200 , to be classified as a suspected case of: (a) Anthrax; (b) Botulism, as defined in NAC 441A.465 ; (c) Diphtheria; (d) Extraordinary occurrence of illness; (e) Influenza that is known or suspected to be of a viral strain that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization has determined poses a risk of a national or global pandemic; (f) Measles; (g) Meningococcal disease; (h) Plague; (i) Poliovirus infection; (j) Rabies (human or animal); (k) Rubella; (l) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); (m) Smallpox (variola); (n) Tuberculosis; (o) Tularemia; or (p) Viral hemorrhagic fever; or 2. Is considered by a health care provider to possibly have a communicable disease identified in subsection 1 based on: (a) Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with the communicable disease; or (b) Laboratory evidence indicating the presence of: (1) The communicable disease; (2) The causative agent of the communicable disease; or (3) The person’s or animal’s immune response to a causative agent of the communicable disease.