If, as a result of an investigation or as a result of any report required by this article, the tuberculosis control officer or local health officer believes someone is an afflicted person, the tuberculosis control officer, local health officer or designee shall encourage the afflicted person or, if a minor or incapacitated person, the afflicted person’s parent or guardian to accept or consent to voluntary control measures and voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the department.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-724

  • Afflicted person: means a person who has or who based upon reasonable grounds is suspected of having active tuberculosis. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Local health officer: means the health officer and other persons who are designated by the local health officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Minor: means a child under the age of eighteen years of age, except as provided by the provisions of section 44-132. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Treatment: means medication or medical therapy prescribed by a licensed physician to cure a person of active tuberculosis. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Tuberculosis control officer: means a person appointed by the director to be the chief tuberculosis control officer for tuberculosis control in this state and other persons who are designated by the control officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711
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