71-3601. Terms, defined.

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For purposes of the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act:

(1)Communicable tuberculosis means tuberculosis manifested by a laboratory report of sputum or other body fluid or excretion found to contain tubercle bacilli or by chest X-ray findings interpreted as active tuberculosis by competent medical authority;

(2)Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;

(3)Directed health measure means any measure, whether prophylactic or remedial, intended and directed to prevent, treat, or limit the spread of tuberculosis;

(4)Facility means a structure in which suitable isolation for tuberculosis can be given and which is approved by the department for the detention of recalcitrant tuberculous persons;

(5)Local health officer means

(a)the health director of a local public health department as defined in section 71-1626 or

(b)the medical advisor to the board of health of a county, city, or village;

(6)Recalcitrant tuberculous person means a person affected with tuberculosis in an active stage who by his or her conduct or mode of living endangers the health and well-being of other persons, by exposing them to tuberculosis, and who refuses to accept adequate treatment; and

(7)State health officer means the chief medical officer as described in section 81-3115 .