The department shall establish and direct the operations of a state-wide system for communicable disease prevention, control, and treatment. The department may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:

1. (1) Conduct communicable disease surveillance which includes detection, assessment, and analysis;
2. (2) Prescribe criteria for communicable disease case definitions;
3. (3) Prescribe procedures for communicable disease case and contact notification, referral, and management;
4. (4) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease;
5. (5) Prescribe methods and procedures for the control of communicable disease patients and carriers, including the monitoring, quarantine, and isolation of any patient or carrier;
6. (6) Prescribe medical and posttreatment supervision measures for communicable disease patients and carriers;
7. (7) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of occupationally-related communicable diseases; and
8. (8) Prescribe procedures for infection prevention measures for communicable disease control and prevention.

Source: SL 1963, ch 380 , § 5 (1); SL 1992, ch 246 ; SL 2015, ch 181 , § 7.