Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-41-2-1
Affected: IC 16-41-2; IC 16-41-9
Sec. 128. The specific control measures for Rocky Mountain spotted fever (infectious agent: Rickettsia rickettsii) are as follows:
- (1) An investigation by the local health officer shall be performed within seventy-two (72) hours to determine the location of exposure to infected ticks. Recent travel and exposure to tick-infested areas shall be identified.
- (2) Standard precautions are required for hospitalized patients.
- (3) Concurrent disinfection is required. All ticks shall be removed from the patient.
- (4) Quarantine is not required.
- (5) Immunization is not available. Protection of contacts is not applicable.
- (6) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists set the standard clinical and laboratory case definition.
(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-2.5-128; filed Nov 25, 2015, 2:54 p.m.: 20151223-IR-410150039FRA; readopted filed Nov 12, 2021, 8:41 a.m.: 20211208-IR-410210385RFA; readopted filed Nov 14, 2025, 11:18 a.m.: 20251210-IR-410240588RFA)