Section 690.550  Mumps (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

a)         Control of Case

Suspect, probable, and confirmed cases as defined in Section 690.10 shall be excluded from school, child care facilities or the workplace until five days after onset of symptoms (parotitis).

b)         Control of Contacts

1)         Susceptible close contacts to confirmed and probable cases shall be excluded from school, child care facilities or the workplace from days 12 through 25 after exposure.

2)         Susceptible close contacts to suspect cases in health-care facilities, or other settings where residents are at high risk for transmission or severe disease, as determined by the local health authority, shall be excluded from the facility from day 12 though day 25 after exposure.

3)         In outbreak settings, exclusion shall be extended from day 12 of the first case through day 25 after the last case's parotitis onset.

4)         Local health authorities, in consultation with the Department, may require additional exclusions if there is reason to believe these recommendations will prevent further spread of disease. (See Section 2310-15 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law)

c)         Laboratory Reporting

Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting mumps virus infection.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024)