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Management of Persons
•“Step-wise prescribed care measures”
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1.Face-to-face counseling
2.
2.Prescribed care measures
3.
3.Cease and Desist order
4.
4.Court-ordered confinement, isolation & treatment
5.
5.Civil commitment
10-144 CMR Ch. 258
Speaking Points

   Step-wise, that is increasing in their level of intervention, prescribed care measures are described in regulation to be used when there is non-compliance with infection control measures on the part of a person believed infected or exposed to one of the notifiable conditions listed in the same regulation. This reflects a tempered approach to balancing the treatment of individuals with the protection of the population’s health.

1.Face-to-face counseling by a public health professional for the individual

2.Prescribed care measures include a range of supportive services, such as direct observation of therapy, transportation, and financial support.

3.A Cease and Desist order directing the individual to comply with specified disease control measures

4.Court ordered confinement, isolation and treatment upon information that a Cease and Desist order has been violated.

5.And finally, the most extreme, civil commitment proceedings, which consist of a set of requirements to ensure the protection of the rights of the individual.