Minnesota Administrative Rules

4605.7400 PREVENTION OF DISEASE SPREAD.

Subpart 1.

Isolation.

The health care practitioner attending a case, suspected case, or carrier (or in the absence of a health care practitioner, the commissioner) shall make certain that isolation precautions are taken to prevent spread of disease to others.

Subp. 2.

Report of noncompliance.

A health care practitioner shall report immediately to the commissioner the name, address, and other pertinent information for all cases, suspected cases, and carriers who refuse to comply with prescribed isolation precautions. The commissioner shall then seek injunctive relief under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.075, if the person represents a public health hazard.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.05; 144.0742; 144.12

History:

9 SR 2584; 41 SR 829

Published Electronically:

January 18, 2017