Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 15 - Health Maintenance/Epidemiology › Rule 007.15.08-002 - Rules Pertaining to Control of Communicable Diseases - Tuberculosis

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION I.
			 AUTHORITY.
The following amendments are hereby adopted pursuant to the
				authority conferred by Act 161 of 1955, as amended and Act 96 of 1913, as
				amended, the same being Ark. Code Ann.
				20-15-701
				et
seq
. and Ark. Code Ann.
				20-7-109
				et. seg.
SECTION II.
			 PURPOSE.
The purpose of this amendment to the Rules and Regulations
				Pertaining to Communicable Diseases is to provide for the prevention and
				control of tuberculosis and to protect the public health, welfare and safety of
				the citizens of Arkansas.
SECTION
			 III. DEFINITIONS.
A. Certificate
			 of Health means a certificate issued by the Department verifying that the
			 holder has complied with the relevant diagnostic screening, or treatment
			 procedures prescribed or directed by the Communicable Disease Rules and
			 Regulations and/or the Arkansas Tuberculosis Control Manual.
B. Correctional facility means any state
			 prison or jail, detention center, or other similar facility wherein persons are
			 incarcerated or held for correctional purposes.
C. Department means Arkansas Department of
			 Health.
D. Shelter facility means
			 any shelter for the homeless or disadvantaged, shelter for battered women, or
			 other similar facility where persons are routinely housed for fourteen or more
			 days.
E. Emergency medical service
			 means an Emergency Medical Service licensed or certified by the
			 Department.
F. Hospital means a
			 facility defined by Ark. Code Ann. §
									20-9-201(3).
G. Long-term care facility means a facility
			 defined by Ark. Code Ann. §
									20-10-101(7).
H. Day services facility means any private or
			 parochial school, or any licensed public or private adult or child day care
			 center, headstart program, outpatient alcohol/drug abuse treatment program,
			 sheltered workshop, migrant worker center or any other licensed outpatient or
			 day services activity.
I. Person
			 means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust,
			 estate, public or private institution, agency, political subdivision of this
			 state, of any other state, or political subdivision or agency thereof.
J. Tuberculosis prevention means
			 following the recommendations of the Department regarding treatment for
			 prevention of tuberculosis.
K.
			 Related medical facility or Related medical service means a facility or service
			 other than a hospital, including but not limited to rehabilitation hospitals,
			 psychiatric hospitals, Human Development Centers, alcohol/drug abuse in-patient
			 treatment centers, Arkansas State Veterans Home, Veteran's Hospital
			 Domiciliary, home health agencies, hospices, renal dialysis units, community
			 health centers, community health clinics serving populations with a high
			 prevalence for tuberculosis infection, or other related medical facilities or
			 services.
L. Public school means
			 any public school or kindergarten.
M. Tuberculosis manual means the manual of
			 policies and procedures developed by the Department which includes rules and
			 guidelines for specific definitions of "tuberculosis screening" for certain
			 groups and the prevention, control and treatment of tuberculosis.
N. Tuberculosis screening means (1) in the
			 case of a person tested for the first time or one who has not experienced a
			 positive test in the past - an intra-dermal tuberculin skin test, and
			 thereafter an annual skin test; or (2) in the case of a person who has
			 experienced a positive test in the past and/or who tests positive - a chest
			 radiograph conducted by the Department or one interpreted by a trained
			 radiologist unless one has been performed within the past three months; or (3)
			 such other screening as prescribed, directed or recommended by an employee or
			 agent of the Department.