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§ 92.110 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CARRIER. A person who, without symptoms of a communicable disease, harbors and spreads the infectious agent of that disease.
   CLEANSING. The removal, by scrubbing and washing, of organic matter on which microorganisms may find favorable conditions for prolonging their lives and virulence, also the removal by the same means of microorganisms adherent to surfaces.
   COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Diseases which are communicable through the conveyance of the infectious agent of the disease, directly or indirectly.
   CONCURRENT DISINFECTION. The immediate disinfection or destruction of all infected or presumably infected articles.
   CONTACT. A person has been sufficiently near an infected person or animal to make possible the transmission of the infectious agent to him or her, directly or by articles freshly soiled with the infectious agent.
   CULTURES. Growths of microorganisms in or upon artificial media. The material for CULTURES is obtained from body fluids, secretions or excreta and is used for the purpose of determining the presence of the infectious agent.
   DISINFECTION. The process of destroying the vitality of the disease-producing organisms by physical or chemical means.
   IMMUNES. Those persons who, because of having had the disease or by artificial methods, have been made relatively insusceptible to the disease.
   INCUBATION PERIOD. The period of a communicable disease between the implanting of an infectious disease and its characteristic manifestations.
   INFECTIOUS AGENT. A living microorganism or filterable virus capable under favorable conditions of inciting a communicable disease.
   ISOLATION. The separation of persons suffering from a communicable disease, or carriers of the infectious organism, from persons in those places and under those conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious agent to susceptible persons.
   PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY. The time during which a person affected with a communicable disease is capable of transmitting the infectious agent to others.
   QUARANTINE. The confining of persons, animals, or materials within a designated area and excluding other persons, animals or materials from that area for a prescribed period of time as determined by the health officer.
   RENOVATION. In addition to cleansing, the treatment of the walls, floors and ceilings of rooms or houses which may be necessary to place the premises in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
   TERMINAL DISINFECTION. The measures taken to destroy or remove infectious material after the removal of the patient or termination of the isolation at the time when the patient is no longer a source of infection.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.401; 1992 Code, § 19-80)
Cross-reference:
   Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
§ 92.111 METHOD OF REPORTING.
   Every physician or other persons having knowledge of any person affected or apparently affected with any communicable disease which is quarantinable or subject to isolation shall report to the health department the name of the disease; the name, age, sex, race and address of the patient; the location, place of employment or school attended by the patient; and the name and address of the person making report. The report shall be made within six hours after the case comes under observation, preferably by telephone. A specimen sent to the health department for laboratory diagnosis accompanied by the data given in this section shall be considered as a report.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.403; 1992 Code, § 19-82)
§ 92.112 REPORTABLE DISEASES.
   The diseases which shall be reported by physicians, as required by this subchapter, shall be as required by the board of health from time to time.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.403; 1992 Code, § 19-83)
§ 92.113 REPORTS OF DEATHS.
   Every practicing physician shall report in writing to the health officer the death of any of his or her patients who shall have died of any communicable disease, within 24 hours after death. He or she shall state in the report the specific name and type of the disease causing the death.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.403; 1992 Code, § 19-84)
§ 92.114 NOTICE ON PREMISES.
   The health officer shall cause a notice or placard as prescribed by the state board of health to be placed upon or near any house or apartment in which any person is infected with a communicable disease which has been classed as quarantinable or subject to isolation by the health officer.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.404; 1992 Code, § 19-85)
§ 92.115 PRECAUTIONS BY ATTENDANTS.
   The physician or any other person permitted to visit any person infected with communicable disease shall practice those measures of personal cleansing, disinfecting and all other precautions necessary to prevent the spread of the disease to others.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.405; 1992 Code, § 19-86)
§ 92.116 PERMIT TO LEAVE QUARANTINED OR ISOLATED PREMISES.
   No person who has been sick with any of the communicable diseases declared to be quarantinable or subject to isolation and who has been quarantined or isolated in any place under the direction of the health department shall be allowed to leave that place without the permission of the health officer.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.406; 1992 Code, § 19-87)
§ 92.117 LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS.
   The health officer shall secure or cause to be secured material for cultures or specimens for bacteriological or other laboratory examination to assist in determining the diagnosis of communicable diseases whenever in his or her judgment the procedure is necessary. Any person when requested by him or her shall permit the specimen to be taken.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.407; 1992 Code, § 19-88)
§ 92.118 METHOD OF CONTROL OF CONTACTS; CONTROL OF CARRIERS.
   (a)   Method of control of contacts. The health officer shall have the power to isolate or restrict the movements of any person who is known to have been exposed to any of the quarantinable diseases or those subject to isolation for a time equal to the maximum period of incubation of the disease, or for the period between the minimum and maximum incubation periods of the disease.
   (b)   Control of carriers. The health officer may isolate, quarantine or restrict the movement of carriers of the infectious agent of cerebrospinal fever, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever or any other communicable disease until their discharges are shown to be free from the specific organisms of the disease.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.408; 1992 Code, § 19-89)
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