Johns (SB 258) Act No. 456
Prior law provided in order to prevent the occurrence or spread of communicable diseases,
the rules and regulations of the Sanitary Code shall provide for an immunization program
and provide for and require the reporting, investigation, and application and implementation
of appropriate control measures to expressly include isolation and/or quarantine proceedings
and measures, for all communicable diseases of public health significance.
New law amends prior law to provide in order to prevent the occurrence or spread of
communicable diseases, the rules and regulations of the Sanitary Code shall provide for an
immunization program and provide for and require the reporting, including but not limited
to the reporting of cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) when such a test is conducted
by a laboratory or hospital, investigation, and application and implementation of appropriate
control measures to expressly include isolation and/or quarantine proceedings and measures,
for all communicable diseases of public health significance.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 40:4(A)(2)(intro para))