1. A. Case control measures:

   1. 1. An administrator of a school or child care establishment, either personally or through a representative, shall:

      1. a. Exclude a mumps case from the school or child care establishment for five calendar days after the onset of glandular swelling; and
      2. b. Exclude a mumps suspect case from the school or child care establishment and from school- or child-care-establishment-sponsored events until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or local health agency.
   2. 2. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall isolate and institute droplet precautions with a mumps case for five calendar days after the onset of glandular swelling.

   3. 3. An administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall exclude a mumps:

      1. a. Case from working at the health care institution for five calendar days after the onset of glandular swelling; and
      2. b. Suspect case from working at the health care institution until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or local health agency.

   4. 4. A local health agency shall:

      1. a. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 or R9-6-203 of a mumps 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. b. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported mumps case or suspect case;
      3. c. For each mumps case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D); and
      4. d. In consultation with the Department, ensure that one or more specimens from each mumps case or suspect case, as required by the Department, are submitted to the Arizona State Laboratory.
   5. 5. An administrator of a correctional facility or shelter, either personally or through a representative, shall comply with the mumps control measures recommended by a local health agency or the Department.

2. B. Contact control measures:

   1. 1. When a mumps case has been at a school or child care establishment, the administrator of the school or child care establishment, either personally or through a representative, shall:

      1. a. Consult with the local health agency to determine who shall be excluded and how long each individual shall be excluded from the school or child care establishment, and
      2. b. Comply with the local health agency’s recommendations for exclusion.

   2. 2. An administrator of a health care institution shall ensure that a paid or volunteer full-time or part-time worker at a health care institution does not participate in the direct care of a mumps case or suspect case unless the worker is able to provide evidence of immunity to mumps through one of the following:

      1. a. A record of immunization against mumps with two doses of live virus vaccine given on or after the first birthday and at least one month apart; or
      2. b. A statement signed by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, state health officer, or local health officer affirming serologic evidence of immunity to mumps.

   3. 3. A local health agency shall determine which mumps contacts will be:

      1. a. Quarantined or excluded, according to R9-6-303, to prevent transmission; and
      2. b. Advised to obtain an immunization against mumps.

Historical Note

Former Section R9-6-115, Paragraph (46), renumbered and amended as R9-6-759 effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Renumbered from R9-6-759 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-366 renumbered to R9-6-374; new Section R9-6-366 renumbered from R9-6-362 effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-366 renumbered to R9-6-374; new R9-6-366 made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-366 renumbered to R9-6-371; new R9-6-366 renumbered from R9-6-361 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Section R9-6-366 renumbered to R9-6-372; new Section R9-6-366 renumbered from R9-6-359 and amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2605, effective January 1, 2018 (Supp. 17-3). R9-6-366 renumbered to R9-6-375; new Section R9-6-366 renumbered from R9-6-359 amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1317 (April 25, 2025), effective June 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).