Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 173 - CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE › Chapter 8 - CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NEBRASKA STATE IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEM › Section 173-8-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
When terms are used in 173 Nebraska Administrative Code
				  (NAC) 8, the following definitions apply:
002.01
AUTHORIZED
				USER.
Individuals and entities authorized to access immunization
				records in the Immunization Information System.
002.02
DATA
				ENCRYPTION.
The electronic obfuscation of data within an
				electronic message using industry standard practices for encryption.
002.03
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
				(EHR) SYSTEM.
Any computerized or electronic system used to
				capture and store patient identifying health information including immunization
				data.
002.04
HEALTH
				CARE FACILITY.
Any facility licensed or exempt from licensure
				under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.
002.05
HEALTH CARE
				PROFESSIONAL.
Any person authorized by law to order or administer
				an immunization
002.06
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF OTHER STATES.
Any state health
				department established to promote the health and well-being of all residents
				within its jurisdiction.
002.07
IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEM.
A central database of
				immunization information which can be accessed and used pursuant to these
				regulations.
002.08
IMMUNIZATION STANDARD MESSAGE.
A standard electronic
				message meeting specifications as identified by current versions of the
				Immunization Information System
Flat File Specifications
or
HL7 Specifications for Immunization
available from the
				Department upon request.
002.09
LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY.
Any facility or program
				licensed under the Child Care Licensing Act.
002.10
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
				INSTITUTION.
Any organization or business enterprise which offers
				courses or subjects for which tuition is charged, and at the place of business
				of which a course of instruction is available through classroom instruction,
				home study, or both to a person for the purpose of training, preparing, or
				improving the person for an occupation even though the organization's or
				business enterprise principal efforts may not be exclusively educational in
				nature.
002.11
LOCAL
				PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Has the same meaning as in Neb. Rev.
				Stat. §
									71-1626.
002.12
PUBLIC HEALTH
				AUTHORITY.
An agency or authority of the United States, a state, a
				territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe,
				or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with
				such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or
				its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that
				is responsible for public health matters as part of its official
				mandate.
002.13
REAL-TIME MESSAGE.
The transmission of discrete
				standard electronic messages to the Department as they are generated by the
				Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
002.14
RESTRICTED IMMUNIZATION
				INFORMATION.
All information contained within an immunization
				record in the Immunization Information System is restricted by the patient or,
				if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent or legal guardian, from access
				from everyone other than the professional or entity that provided the
				immunization(s).
002.15
SCHOOL.
Any approved or accredited school under Neb.
				Rev. Stat. §§
									79-318
				or
				79-1601
				offering courses of instruction to its students on the school's
				premises.
002.16
SECURE
				MESSAGE TRANSPORT PROTOCOL.
A method of sending electronic data to
				the Department in a way that prevents unauthorized access to the data as
				specified by the Department.