State-wide system for prevention, control, and treatment of communicable disease--Promulgation of rules

The department shall establish and direct the operations of a state-wide system for communicable disease prevention, control, and treatment. The department may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , to: (1) Conduct communicable disease surveillance which includes detection, assessment, and analysis; (2) Prescribe criteria for communicable disease case definitions; (3) Prescribe procedures for communicable disease case and contact notification, referral, and management; (4) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease; (5) Prescribe methods and procedures for the control of communicable disease patients and carriers, including the monitoring, quarantine, and isolation of any patient or carrier; (6) Prescribe medical and posttreatment supervision measures for communicable disease patients and carriers; (7) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of occupationally-related communicable diseases; and (8) Prescribe procedures for infection prevention measures for communicable disease control and prevention. Source: SL 1963, ch 380 , § 5 (1); SL 1992, ch 246 ; SL 2015, ch 181 , § 7.