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

   1. 1. Upon receiving a report of a hepatitis A case or suspect case, notify the Department within one working day after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report;
   2. 2. 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 attending a child care establishment during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;
   3. 3. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported hepatitis A case or suspect case; and
   4. 4. For each hepatitis A case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).

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

   1. 1. Exclude a hepatitis A contact with symptoms of hepatitis A from working as a food handler during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;
   2. 2. For 45 calendar days after exposure, monitor a food handler who was a contact of a hepatitis A case during the infectious period for symptoms of hepatitis A; and
   3. 3. Evaluate the level of risk of transmission from each contact’s exposure to a hepatitis A case and, if indicated, provide or arrange for each contact to receive prophylaxis and immunization.

Historical Note

Renumbered from R9-6-741 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-348 renumbered to R9-6-351; new Section R9-6-348 renumbered from R9-6-345 and amended effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-348 renumbered to R9-6-356; new R9-6-348 renumbered from R9-6-340 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-348 renumbered to R9-6-352; new R9-6-348 renumbered from R9-6-345 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Section R9-6-348 renumbered to R9-6-353; new Section R9-6-348 renumbered from R9-6-342 and amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2605, effective January 1, 2018 (Supp. 17-3). Section R9-6-348 renumbered to R9-6-353; new Section R9-6-348 renumbered from R9-6-343 and amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1317 (April 25, 2025), effective June 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).