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Statutes > South-dakota > Title-34 > Chapter-22 > Statute-34-22-9

34-22-9. State-wide system for disease control and treatment--Scope of program. The Department of Health shall establish and direct the operations of a state-wide system for communicable disease prevention, control, and treatment. The department may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to:
(1) Conduct communicable disease surveillance which includes detection, assessment, and analysis;
(2) Prescribe criteria for communicable disease case definitions;
(3) Prescribe procedures for communicable disease case and contact notification, referral, and management;
(4) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease;
(5) Prescribe methods and procedures for the control of communicable disease patients and carriers;
(6) Prescribe medical and posttreatment supervision measures for communicable disease patients and carriers;
(7) Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of occupationally-related communicable diseases; and
(8) Prescribe procedures for universal precautions for communicable disease prevention by health care facilities and workers.

Source: SL 1963, ch 380, § 5 (1); SL 1992, ch 246.