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WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER DHS 145. CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
SUBCHAPTER I -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Date:
08/31/2009
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DHS 145.05 Investigation and control of communicable diseases.
(1) The local health officer shall use all reasonable means to confirm in a timely manner any case or suspected case of a communicable disease and shall ascertain so far as possible all sources of infection and exposures to the infection. Follow-up and investigative information shall be completed by the local health officer and reported to the state epidemiologist on forms provided by the department.
(2) Local health officers shall follow the methods of control set out in section 9 under each communicable disease listed in the 18th edition (2004) of Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, edited by David L. Heymann, published by the American Public Health Association, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist. Specific medical treatment shall be prescribed by a physician or an advanced practice nurse prescriber.
(3) Any person licensed under ch. 441 or 448, Stats., attending a person with a communicable disease shall instruct the person in the applicable methods of control contained in Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th edition (2004), edited by David L. Heymann, published by the American Public Health Association, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist, and shall cooperate with the local health officer and the department in their investigation and control procedures.
(4) The department in cooperation with the local health officer shall institute special disease surveillances, follow-up reports and control measures consistent with contemporary epidemiologic practice in order to study and control any apparent outbreak or unusual occurrence of communicable diseases.
Note: The handbook, Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th edition (2004), edited by David L. Heymann, is on file in the Department's Division of Public Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau, and is available for purchase from the American Public Health Association, Publications Sales, PO Box 933019, Atlanta, GA 31193-3019.
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