1. A. Case control measures:

   1. 1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a representative, shall isolate and institute both airborne precautions and contact precautions for a smallpox case or suspect case, until evaluated and determined to be noninfectious by a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner.

   2. 2. A local health agency shall:

      1. a. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a smallpox case or suspect case, notify the Department within 24 hours after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report;

      2. b. In consultation with the Department:

         1. i. Ensure that isolation and both airborne precautions and contact precautions have been instituted for a smallpox case or suspect case to prevent transmission, and
         2. ii. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported smallpox case or suspect case;
      3. c. For each smallpox 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 a specimen from each smallpox case or suspect case, as required by the Department, is submitted to the Arizona State Laboratory.

2. B. Contact control measures: A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall:

   1. 1. Quarantine or exclude a smallpox contact as necessary, according to R9-6-303, to prevent transmission; and
   2. 2. Monitor the contact for smallpox symptoms, including fever, each day for 21 calendar days after last exposure.

Historical Note

Section renumbered from R9-6-374 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-386 renumbered to R9-6-392; new R9-6-386 renumbered from R9-6-380 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Section R9-6-386 renumbered to R9-6-391; new Section R9-6-386 renumbered from R9-6-380 and amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2605, effective January 1, 2018 (Supp. 17-3). R9-6-386 renumbered to R9-6-396; new Section R9-6-386 renumbered from R9-6-376 and amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1317 (April 25, 2025), effective June 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).