37.114.530    GONORRHEA

(1) A person who contracts genital gonorrhea must be directed to undergo appropriate antibiotic therapy and to avoid sexual contact until seven days have elapsed since the commencement of effective treatment prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002". Individuals who have contracted genital gonorrhea must also be treated for Chlamydia.

(2) The local health officer must interview an individual who contracts the infection in order to determine the person's sexual contacts, and must ensure that those contacts are examined and receive the medical treatment indicated by clinical or laboratory findings.

History: 50-1-202, 50-2-118, 50-18-105, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, 50-2-118, 50-18-102, 50-18-107, MCA; NEW, 1987 MAR p. 2147, Eff. 11/28/87; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1127, Eff. 6/30/95; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2493, Eff. 9/11/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 2528, Eff. 9/22/00; TRANS, from DHES, 2002 MAR p. 913; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2112, Eff. 9/8/06.