1. (1) The local health officer shall use all reasonable means to confirm in a timely manner any case or suspected case of a communicable disease and shall ascertain so far as possible all sources of infection and exposures to the infection. Follow-up and investigative information shall be completed by the local health officer and reported to the state epidemiologist on forms provided by the department.
2. (2) Local health officers shall follow the methods of control set out in official reports of the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist. Specific medical treatment shall be prescribed by a physician or an advanced practice nurse prescriber.
3. (3) Any person licensed under ch. 441 or 448, Stats., attending a person with a communicable disease shall instruct the person in the applicable methods of control contained in official reports of the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist, and shall cooperate with the local health officer and the department in their investigation and control procedures.

4. (4) The department in cooperation with the local health officer shall institute special disease surveillances, follow-up reports and control measures consistent with contemporary epidemiologic practice in order to study and control any apparent outbreak or unusual occurrence of communicable diseases.

   Note: The official report of the American Public Health Association entitled Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th edition (2015), edited by David L. Heymann, is available for purchase from the American Public Health Association, Publications Sales, PO Box 933019, Atlanta, GA 31193-3019. The official report of the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 30th edition (2015), edited by David W. Kimberlin is available for purchase from the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1019. These reports are on file in the Department’s Division of Public Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau.

History

History: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; am. (2) and (3), Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89; am. (2) and (3), Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; CR 03-033: am. (2) and (3) Register December 2003 No. 576, eff. 1-1-04; CR 07-090: am. (2) and (3) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 17-014: am. (2), (3), Register June 2018 No. 750 eff. 7-1-18.