1. A. Case control measures:

   1. 1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution transferring a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection to another health care provider or health care institution or to a correctional facility shall, either personally or through a representative, ensure that the receiving health care provider, health care institution, or correctional facility is informed that the patient is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case.
   2. 2. If a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection is being transferred from a correctional facility to another correctional facility or to a health care institution, an administrator of the correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall ensure that the receiving correctional facility or health care institution is informed that the individual is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case.

2. B. Outbreak control measures:

   1. 1. A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall:

      1. a. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility; and
      2. b. For each outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility, submit to the Department the information required under R9-6-206(E).
   2. 2. When an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurs in a health care institution or correctional facility, the administrator of the health care institution or correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall comply with the control measures recommended by a local health agency or the Department.

Historical Note

Former Section R9-6-115, Paragraph (43), renumbered and amended as R9-6-756 effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Renumbered from R9-6-756 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Section R9-6-363 renumbered to R9-6-367; new Section R9-6-363 renumbered from R9-6-359 effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-363 renumbered to R9-6-371; new R9-6-363 renumbered from R9-6-355 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-363 renumbered to R9-6-368; new R9-6-363 renumbered from R9-6-358 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Section expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(J) at 19 A.A.R. 1928, effective April 30, 2013 (Supp. 13-3). New Section R9-6-363 renumbered from R9-6-356 and amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2605, effective January 1, 2018 (Supp. 17-3). R9-6-363 renumbered to R9-6-372; new Section R9-6-363 renumbered from R9-6-358 by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1317 (April 25, 2025), effective June 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).