Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part II - The Control of Diseases › Chapter 1 - Disease Reporting Requirements › Section II-101 - Definitions [formally paragraph 2:001]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided
				herein, the following words and terms used in this Part and all other Parts
				which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as
				follows.
Carbon Monoxide
-carbon monoxide (CO) is a
				  colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced through incomplete combustion of
				  carbon-based fuels, including gasoline, oil, and wood.
Carrier
-a person, who without apparent
				  symptoms of a communicable disease, harbors the specific infectious agent and
				  may serve as a source of infection. The carrier state may occur with infections
				  unapparent throughout their course, and also as a feature of incubation period,
				  convalescence, and post-convalescence of a clinically recognizable
				  disease.
Case
-a particular instance of
				  disease.
Case of Arsenic Exposure
-any medical
				  condition/visit resulting from arsenic exposure as determined from the exposure
				  history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation,
				  ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with arsenic. Laboratory test
				  results for arsenic: includes results of arsenic tests (blood, urine, or tissue
				  samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Cadmium Exposure
-any medical
				  condition/visit resulting from cadmium exposure as determined from the exposure
				  history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation,
				  ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with cadmium
.
Laboratory test results for cadmium: includes results of cadmium tests (blood,
				  urine, or tissue samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Carbon Monoxide Exposure
-any
				  medical condition/visit resulting from carbon monoxide exposure as determined
				  from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from
				  inhalation contact with carbon monoxide. Laboratory test results for carbon
				  monoxide includes results of carboxyhemoglobin tests (blood samples),
				  regardless of test result.
Case of Lead Exposure
-any medical
				  condition/visit resulting from lead exposure as determined from the exposure
				  history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation,
				  ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with lead. Laboratory test results
				  for lead: includes results of lead tests (blood, urine, or tissue samples),
				  regardless of test result.
Case of Mercury Exposure
-any medical
				  condition/visit resulting from mercury exposure as determined from the exposure
				  history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation,
				  ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with mercury. Laboratory test
				  results for mercury: includes results of mercury tests (blood, urine, or tissue
				  samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Perinatal Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency
				  Virus (HIV)
-any instance of a live birth to a woman in whom HIV
				  infection was present prior to the birth (indicated by maternal or neonatal HIV
				  testing).
Case of Perinatal Exposure to Treponema
				  Pallidum
-any instance of a live birth or stillbirth to a woman in whom
				  syphilis infection was present prior to the birth (indicated by maternal or
				  neonatal syphilis testing).
Case of Pesticide-Related Illness and
				  Injury
-any medical condition/visit resulting from pesticide exposure
				  as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or acute,
				  subacute, or chronic illness or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion,
				  dermal exposure or ocular contact with a pesticide. Laboratory test results for
				  pesticide-related illness and injury includes results of cholinesterase tests
				  (plasma and red blood cell), regardless of test results, for which the purpose
				  of the test was possible pesticide exposure; and tests of pesticides or
				  metabolites in blood, urine, or tissue samples, regardless of test
				  results.
Communicable Disease
-an illness due to a
				  specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises through
				  transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to susceptible
				  host, either directly as from an infected person or animals, or indirectly
				  through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector or the
				  inanimate environment.
Contact
-any person who has been in such
				  association with an infected person or animal or with a contaminated
				  environment as to have had opportunity to acquire the infection.
Day Care Center
-this term as defined in Part
				  XXI. 101. A of this code.
Isolation
-the separation for the period of
				  communicability of infected persons from other persons, in such places and
				  under such conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of the
				  infectious agent from infected persons to persons who are susceptible or who
				  may spread the agent to others.
Louisiana Immunization Network ("LINKS")
-the
				  official
Louisiana
immunization information registry system,
				  authorized by
				  R.S.
				  40:31.13 and maintained by the Louisiana
				  Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH).
Pesticide
-any pesticide defined in the
				  Louisiana Pesticide Law (Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 3, Chapter 20, 1999)
				  as now stated and as may be amended in the future. Pesticides include but are
				  not limited to insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, repellants, fungicides,
				  and wood treatment products.
Quarantine
-the limitation of freedom of
				  movement of such well persons or domestic animals as have been exposed to a
				  communicable disease for a period of time equal to the longest usual incubation
				  period of the disease, in such manner as to prevent effective contact with
				  those not so exposed.
NOTE: In connection with the control of communicable
				  diseases, the term
quarantine
is frequently used
				  interchangeably with the term
isolation
as defined above in
				  this Paragraph. At times, the two terms may be used together, as in an
isolation/quarantine order
pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  40:4(A)(13), and further
				  pursuant to §117-121 in the body of this Part in this code pertaining to the
				  Control of Diseases.
Reportable Disease
-any disease or condition
				  for which an official report is required by the state health officer.
AUTHORITY NOTE: The
				  first source of authority for promulgation of the sanitary code is in
				  R.S.
				  36:258(B), with more
				  particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana
				  Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated in accordance with the specific
				  provisions of
				  R.S.
				  40:4(A)(2) and
				  R.S.
				  40:5(1)(2) and
				  (10).