(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 official reports of the
American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics,
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
official reports of the American Public Health Association and the American
Academy of Pediatrics, 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.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code Department
of Health Services
§
DHS
145.05
Cr. Register, April,
1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; am. (2) and (3), Register, February, 1989, No. 398,
eff. 3-1-89; am. (2) and (3), Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; CR
03-033: am. (2) and (3) Register Register December 2003 No. 576, eff. 1-1-04;
CR 07-090: am. (2) and (3) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08.
Amended by,
CR 17-014: am. (2), (3),
Register
June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7/1/2018
The official report of the American Public Health
Association entitled Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th edition
(2015), edited by David L. Heymann, is available for purchase from the American
Public Health Association, Publications Sales, PO Box 933019, Atlanta, GA
31193-3019. The official report of the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled
Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 30th edition
(2015), edited by David W. Kimberlin is available for purchase from the
American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL
60007-1019. These reports are on file in the Department's Division of Public
Health and the Legislative Reference
Bureau.
