Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-1204

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-6-1204 - Standards of Medical Care

A. Unless a health care provider believes, based on the health care provider's professional judgment, that deviation is medically necessary, a health care provider caring for an afflicted person shall comply with the recommendations for treatment of tuberculosis in the Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (October 2016), which is incorporated by reference, on file with the Department, and available from the American Thoracic Society, 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 or at www.atsjournals.org.

B. If a health care provider caring for an afflicted person deviates from the recommendations for treatment of tuberculosis specified in subsection (A), the health care provider shall, upon request, explain to the Department or a local health agency the rationale for the deviation.

C. If the tuberculosis control officer determines that deviation from the recommendations for treatment of tuberculosis specified in subsection (A) is inappropriate and that the public health and welfare require intervention, the tuberculosis control officer may take charge of the afflicted person's treatment as authorized under A.R.S. § 36-723(C).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-1204

Section R9-6-1204 renumbered from R9-6-604 by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 4106, effective January 5, 2008 (Supp. 07-4). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 255, effective 1/8/2019.