Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 31 - Infectious Disease Branch › Rule 007.31.19-001 - Rules Pertaining to the Control of Communicable Disease-Tuberculosis

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION I.
			 AUTHORITY.
The following Rules and subsequent amendments are hereby
				adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by Ark. Code Ann,§
									20-15-701 et seq. and Ark. Code
				Ann. §
									20-7-109 et seq.
SECTION II. PURPOSE.
The purpose of the Rules Pertaining to the Control of
				Communicable Diseases-Tuberculosis 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. "Hospital" means the same
			 as defined by Ark. Code Ann. §
									20-9-201.
F. "Long-term care facility" means the same
			 as defined by Ark. Code Ann. §
									20-10-101.
G. "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
H. "Tuberculosis prevention" means following
			 the recommendations of the Department regarding treatment for prevention of
			 tuberculosis.
I. "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 inpatient and
			 outpatient treatment centers, Arkansas State Veterans Home, Veteran's Hospital
			 Domiciliary, 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.
J. "Tuberculosis manual"
			 means the manual of policies and procedures developed by the Department which
			 includes guidelines for specific definitions of "tuberculosis screening" for
			 certain groups and the prevention, control and treatment of
			 tuberculosis.
K. "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 or Interferon-Gamma Release Assays
			 (IGRAs) blood 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 or chest clinician- 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.