Section R9-6-337. Hepatitis A

A.      Case control measures: A local health agency shall:

1.        Exclude a hepatitis A case or suspect case from working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attend- ing a child care establishment during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;

2.        Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported hepatitis A case or suspect case; and

3.        For each hepatitis A case, submit to the Department, as specified in Article 2, Table 4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).

B.       Contact control measures: A local health agency shall:

1.        Exclude a hepatitis A contact with symptoms of hepatitis A from working as a food handler during the first 14 cal- endar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;

2.        For 45 calendar days after exposure, monitor a food han- dler who was a contact of a hepatitis A case during the infectious period for symptoms of hepatitis A; and

3.        Evaluate the level of risk of transmission from each con- tact’s exposure to a hepatitis A case and, if indicated, pro- vide or arrange for each contact to receive prophylaxis and immunization.

Historical Note

Renumbered from R9-6-730 and amended effective Octo- ber 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-337 renumbered to R9-6-340; new Section R9-6-337 renum- bered from R9-6-334 effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2).

Former R9-6-337 renumbered to R9-6-344; new R9-6- 337 renumbered from R9-6-328 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-337 renumbered to R9-6-339; new R9-6-337 renumbered from R9-6-335 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2).