Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-381

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

Section R9-6-381 - Syphilis

A. Case control measures:

1. A syphilis case shall obtain serologic testing for syphilis three months, six months, and one year after initiating treatment, unless more frequent or longer testing is recommended by a local health agency.

2. A health care provider for a pregnant syphilis case shall order serologic testing for syphilis at 28 to 32 weeks gestation and at delivery.

3. A local health agency shall:

a. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation, including a review of medical records, of each reported syphilis case or suspect case, confirming the stage of the disease;

b. For each syphilis case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D);

c. If the syphilis case is pregnant, ensure that the syphilis case obtains the serologic testing for syphilis required in subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2); and

d. Comply with the requirements specified in R9-6-1103 concerning treatment and health education for a syphilis case.

4. The operator of a blood bank, blood center, or plasma center shall notify a donor of a test result with significant evidence suggestive of syphilis, as required under A.R.S. § 32-1483 and 21 CFR 630.6.

B. Contact control measures: When a syphilis case has named a contact, a local health agency shall comply with the requirements specified in R9-6-1103 concerning notification, testing, treatment, and health education for the contact.

C. Outbreak control measures: A local health agency shall:

1. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported syphilis outbreak; and

2. For each syphilis outbreak, submit to the Department the information required under R9-6-206(E).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-381

Section renumbered from R9-6-371 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-381 renumbered to R9-6-387; new R9-6-381 renumbered from R9-6-374and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended and renumbered from R9-6-375 by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2607, effective 1/1/2018. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1890, effective 8/2/2023.