37.114.1006    TREATMENT STANDARDS

(1) Treatment of drug-susceptible active tuberculosis must be consistent with the standards contained in the Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, October 1, 2016.

(2) For patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or other findings beyond the scope of the above guidelines in (1), the opinion of a tuberculosis expert physician with experience in treating drug-resistant or medically complicated tuberculosis will be sought and approved by the local health officer and the department's tuberculosis program.

(3) A person with active tuberculosis will be treated using directly observed therapy (DOT) until treatment is completed. The DOT plan will be approved by the local health officer and the department's tuberculosis program.

History: This rule is advisory only, but may be a correct interpretation of the law; 50-1-202, 50-17-103, MCA; IMP, 50-17-102, 50-17-105, 50-17-107, 50-17-108, 50-17-112, 50-17-113, MCA; NEW, 1987 MAR p. 2147, Eff. 11/28/87; TRANS, from DHES, 2002 MAR p. 913; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 343, Eff. 3/25/17.