{"id":"DUT-NH-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Health and Human Services (administrative rules adopted under RSA 141-C:6)","authority":"RSA 141-C:6; RSA 141-C:11 to 141-C:15; N.H. Code Admin. Rules He-P 300 (Communicable Disease)","instrument":"He-P 301.05 (Restriction and Control Measures for Isolation and Quarantine for Specific Diseases), within He-P 300","title":"Communicable Disease rules: exclusion and restriction duties","dateIssued":"2016-11-03","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2016-11-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers and admitting officials in health care, food service, child care and congregate settings; persons generally as cases and contacts"],"clause":"(r) For any communicable disease that poses a threat to the public\u0027s health... all cases, suspect cases, and close contacts of cases or suspect cases of a communicable disease who work in sensitive occupations, such as healthcare, food service, and child care, or who are otherwise located in a congregate setting, shall be excluded or restricted from certain activities","enforcement":"RSA 141-C:21 (violation of a rule adopted under the chapter: misdemeanor; felony if any other person); RSA 141-C:23 injunction","functions":[],"notes":"For named diseases, \u0027Admitting officials and employers shall exclude\u0027 cases, suspect cases and contacts from food handling, child care, direct patient care and work places for stated periods; for any other communicable disease threatening the public\u0027s health, cases and close contacts in sensitive occupations or congregate settings \u0027shall be excluded or restricted... in accordance with RSA 141-C:4... based on the best available guidance and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other established sources\u0027 (para. (r)); individuals with acute gastrointestinal illness are excluded from patient care, child care and food duties for 48 hours after symptoms resolve (para. (s)).","sourceUrl":"http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/he-p300.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200422050422/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/he-p300.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1452834,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NH","url":"/library/DUT-NH-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NH-020","citation":"Department of Health and Human Services (administrative rules adopted under RSA 141-C:6), He-P 301.05 (Restriction and Control Measures for Isolation and Quarantine for Specific Diseases), within He-P 300 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NH-020)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":["NH-045"]}