Transcript 2 SD Codified Laws Relating to Contagious Disease Control

South Dakota Codified Laws Relating to
Contagious Disease Control
Presented by:
Justin L. Williams
General Counsel
South Dakota Department of Health
(605) 773-3361
Date: May 16, 2014
South Dakota Codified Laws (SDCL)
Chapter 34-22 Contagious Disease Control
http://legis.sd.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=St
atute&Statute=34-22
South Dakota Codified Laws (SDCL)
Chapter 34-23 Venereal Diseases
http://legis.sd.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=St
atute&Statute=34-23
Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD)
Article 44:20 Communicable Disease Control
http://legis.sd.gov/Rules/DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=44:20
Important SDCLs:
1) SDCL 34-22-9 – State-wide system for disease control and
treatment – Scope of program
2) SDCL 34-22-5 – Exposure of others to contagious disease as
misdemeanor
3) SDCL 34-22-12 – Mandatory communicable disease reports from
physicians, laboratories, and institutions – State tuberculosis
register – Surveillance and control – Adoption of rules
Important SDCLs Continued:
4) SDCL 34-22-12.1* – Confidentiality of reports – Exceptions
5) SDCL 34-22-42 – Secretary may declare public health
emergency – Contents of order
6) SDCL 34-23-1 – Diseases declared dangerous – Exposure
of another as misdemeanor
• Syphilis
• Gonorrhea
Important ARSDs:
1. ARSD 44:20:01:03 – Category I reportable diseases and
conditions
• Anthrax
• Foodborne outbreaks or epidemics
• Measles
• Polio
• Smallpox
• Plague
• “Unexplained illness or deaths of humans or animals”
Important ARSDs Continued:
2)
ARSD 44:20:01:04 – Category II reportable disease and
conditions
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• Hepatitis (A, B, and C)
• HIV
• Influenza
• Syphilis
• TB
• West Nile
• Salmonella
• Hantavirus
• Rabies
Measures of control of communicable conditions
ARSD 44:20:03:01
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Control of Communicable Disease Manual, 19th edition, American
Public Health Association, 2008;
Red Book 2012: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases,
29th edition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012;
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010,
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), December 17, 2010,
59(RR-12);
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,
Atkinson et al., 12th ed.
If more recent and equally reliable information is available from the
CDC, the Department may also include that information as public
health measures for communicable diseases and conditions.
Important ARSDs Continued:
3) ARSD 44:20:03:06* – Imminent health threat to others – Petition to
circuit court
“If the department has determined by medical or epidemiological
information that a person has a reportable disease or condition and
is an imminent health threat to others, the department may petition
the circuit court for a temporary order pursuant to [Rules of civil
procedure] to enforce public health measures.”
South Dakota Codified Laws Relating
to Contagious Disease Control
Presented by:
Justin L. Williams
General Counsel
South Dakota Department of Health
(605) 773-3361
Date: May 16, 2014