Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 1 - Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions, and Quarantine and Isolation › Rule 641-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions will
				apply:
"AIDS"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code
				chapter 141A.
"Area quarantine"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Business"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code chapter 139A.
"Care provider"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Case"
means an individual who has
				confirmatory evidence of disease.
"Clinical laboratory"
means any laboratory
				performing analyses on specimens taken from the body of a person in order to
				assess that person's health status.
"Communicable disease"
means the same as
				defined in Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Congenital or inherited disorder"
means any
				congenital disorder as defined in Iowa Code chapter 136A or any inherited
				disorder as defined in Iowa Code chapter 136A.
"Disease surveillance"
means the ongoing,
				systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data
				essential for planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health
				programs and practices.
"Exposure"
means contact with an agent in a
				manner that could cause disease or infection.
"HBV"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code
				chapter 139A.
"Health care facility"
means the same as
				defined in Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Health care provider"
means the same as
				defined in Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"HIV"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code
				chapter 141A.
"Hospital"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code chapter 135B.
"IDSS"
means the Iowa disease surveillance
				system, a secure electronic statewide disease reporting and surveillance
				system.
"Infectious disease"
means a disease caused by
				the entrance into the body of organisms, including but not limited to bacteria,
				protozoans, fungi, prions, or viruses that grow and multiply.
"Infectious tuberculosis"
means pulmonary or
				laryngeal tuberculosis as evidenced by:
1. Isolation of M. tuberculosis complex
			 (positive culture) from a clinical specimen or positive nucleic acid
			 amplification test, or
2. Both
			 radiographic evidence of tuberculosis, such as an abnormal chest X ray, CT, PET
			 or MRI scan, and clinical evidence, such as a positive skin test or whole blood
			 assay test for tuberculosis infection, coughing, sputum production, fever, or
			 other symptoms compatible with infectious tuberculosis that lead a health care
			 provider to diagnose infectious tuberculosis according to currently acceptable
			 standards of medical practice and to initiate treatment for
			 tuberculosis.
"Investigation"
means an inquiry conducted to
				determine the specific source, mode of transmission, and cause of a disease or
				suspected disease occurrence and to determine the specific incidence,
				prevalence, and extent of the disease in the affected or general population.
				"Investigation" may also include the application of scientific methods and
				analysis to institute appropriate control measures.
"Isolation"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code chapter 139A.
"Local board"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Local department"
means the same as defined
				in Iowa Code chapter 139A.
"Placard"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code chapter 139A.
"Poison control or poison information center"
means any organization or program that has as one of its primary objectives the
				provision of toxicologic and pharmacologic information and referral services to
				the public and to health care providers (other than pharmacists) in response to
				inquiries about actual or potential poisonings.
"Public health disaster"
means an incident as
				defined in Iowa Code section
				135.140.
"Quarantinable disease"
means any communicable
				disease that presents a risk of serious harm to public health and that may
				require isolation or quarantine to prevent its spread. "Quarantinable disease"
				includes but is not limited to cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis,
				plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, novel influenza, and
				severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
"Quarantine"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code chapter 139A.
"Reportable cancers"
means those cancers
				included in the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End
				Results (SEER) Program.
"Reportable disease"
means any disease or
				condition approved by the state epidemiologist or medical director and
				designated by this chapter.
"Sexually transmitted disease or infection"
or
"STI"
means a disease or infection as identified by this
				chapter that is transmitted through sexual practices. "Sexually transmitted
				disease or infection" includes but is not limited to acquired immunodeficiency
				syndrome (AIDS), chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human
				immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus, and syphilis.
"Suspected case"
means an individual who
				presents with clinical signs or symptoms indicative of a reportable or
				quarantinable disease.
"Toxic agent"
means any noxious substance in
				solid, liquid or gaseous form capable of producing illness in humans including
				but not limited to pesticides as defined in Iowa Code chapter 206, heavy
				metals, organic and inorganic dusts and organic solvents. Airborne toxic agents
				may be in the form of dusts, fumes, vapors, mists, gases or
				smoke.