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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A health order may include, but need not be limited to, an order:
(1) requiring the carrier's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, 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, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant 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, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant 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, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 144.4806. Preventive measures under health order - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mn/health-ch-144-159/mn-st-sect-144-4806/
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