Section 696.200  Types of Directives

a)         Initiation or Completion of the Diagnostic Evaluation.  This directive requires the initiation or completion of the diagnostic evaluation for TB infection or disease in accordance with the following incorporated publication:  Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities.  The diagnostic evaluation may include, but is not limited to, a medical history, physical examination, TB screening test, chest radiograph and bacteriologic examinations.

b)         Preventive Therapy or Disease Treatment.  This directive requires completion of a prescribed course of preventive therapy for TB infection or a prescribed course of treatment for TB disease, and bacteriologic or other tests needed to monitor response to treatment or adverse reactions in accordance with the following incorporated publication:  Treatment of TB and TB Infection.

c)         DOPT or DOT.  This directive requires completion of a course of preventive therapy by DOPT for infection or treatment by DOT for disease, in accordance with the following incorporated publications: Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities and Treatment of TB and TB Infection.

d)         Isolation.  This directive requires isolation, in accordance with Section 696.160(b)(1) and the incorporated publications: Guidelines for Health-Care Settings, and the OSHA Instruction, for any person with suspected or confirmed TB disease who is considered to be infectious or likely to become infectious, according to the definitions in this Part.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 4010, effective February 29, 2008)