2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.4806 — Preventive measures under health order.

     144.4806 Preventive measures under health order. 


    A health order may include, but need not be limited to, an 
 order: 


    (1) requiring the carrier's attending physician or 
 treatment facility to isolate and detain the carrier for 
 treatment or for a diagnostic examination for tuberculosis, 
 pursuant to section 144.4807, subdivision 1, if the carrier is 
 an endangerment to the public health and is in a treatment 
 facility; 


    (2) requiring a carrier who is an endangerment to the 
 public health to submit to diagnostic examination for 
 tuberculosis and to remain in the treatment facility until the 
 commissioner receives the results of the examination; 


    (3) requiring a carrier who is an endangerment to the 
 public health to remain in or present at a treatment facility 
 until the carrier has completed a course of treatment for 
 tuberculosis that is prescribed by a physician and is reasonable 
 according to currently accepted standards of medical practice; 


    (4) requiring a carrier who is an endangerment to the 
 public health to complete a course of treatment for tuberculosis 
 that is prescribed by a physician and is reasonable according to 
 currently accepted standards of medical practice and, if 
 necessary, to follow contagion precautions for tuberculosis; 


    (5) requiring a carrier who is an endangerment to the 
 public health to follow a course of directly observed therapy 
 that is prescribed by a physician and is reasonable according to 
 currently accepted standards of medical practice; 


    (6) excluding a carrier who is an endangerment to the 
 public health from the carrier's place of work or school, or 
 from other premises if the commissioner determines that 
 exclusion is necessary because contagion precautions for 
 tuberculosis cannot be maintained in a manner adequate to 
 protect others from being exposed to tuberculosis; 


    (7) requiring a licensed health professional or treatment 
 facility to provide to the commissioner certified copies of all 
 medical and epidemiological data relevant to the carrier's 
 tuberculosis and status as an endangerment to the public health; 


    (8) requiring the diagnostic examination for tuberculosis 
 of other persons in the carrier's household, workplace, or 
 school, or other persons in close contact with the carrier if 
 the commissioner has probable cause to believe that the persons 
 may have active tuberculosis or may have been exposed to 
 tuberculosis based on epidemiological, medical, or other 
 reliable evidence; or 


    (9) requiring a carrier or other persons to follow 
 contagion precautions for tuberculosis. 


    HIST: 1997 c 164 s 8