S.D. Admin. R. 44:20:03:02

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 44:20:03:02 - Principles for devising public health measures not otherwise specified

In devising public health measures for reportable diseases and conditions for which a specific public health measure is not otherwise provided by this article, the department shall use the following principles that can be reasonably expected to decrease the risk of transmission:

(1) For airborne diseases, physical isolation for the period of communicability;

(2) For fecal-orally transmitted diseases, exclusion from situations in which transmission can be reasonably expected to occur, such as work as a food handler, attendance at or work in a child care facility, health care facility, or institution, for the period of communicability;

(3) For sexually transmitted or bloodborne diseases, prohibition of donation of blood, tissue, organs, or semen; needle sharing; and sexual contact in a manner likely to result in transmission for the period of communicability; and

(4) Each health care worker must comply with standard precautions for the prevention of the transmission of bloodborne pathogens.

S.D. Admin. R. 44:20:03:02

20 SDR 69, effective 11/17/1993; 28 SDR 92, effective 12/30/2001; 31 SDR 89, effective 12/27/2004; 38 SDR 8, effective 8/1/2011.

General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9, 34-23-13.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-22-9, 34-23-13.