Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 30 - Infectious Diseases › Subchapter 05 - Infectious Diseases › Part 3 - Immunization and Communicable Disease Testing in Preschool, School, Colleges or Universities (216-RICR-30-05-3) › Section 216-RICR-30-05-3.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever used in these regulations, the
				  following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. "Advisory Committee on Immunization
				  Practices (ACIP) recommendations", as used in these Regulations, means official
				  federal recommendations for the use of vaccines in the United States and as
				  published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACIP
				  recommendations represent the standard of care for vaccination practice in the
				  United States.
2. "Child care
				  worker" means any person who is temporarily or permanently employed by a
				  preschool (as defined in §
											3.3(A)(7)   of
				  this Part) who has direct or indirect contact with children in the
				  preschool.
3. "College" or
				  "university" means any public or private institution of higher learning in the
				  State of Rhode Island.
4.
				  "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health or his
				  or her duly authorized designee.
5.
				  "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.
6. "Entering" means formal registration by a
				  student for attendance at a pre-school, school, college or university in Rhode
				  Island.
7. "Preschool" means all
				  public and non-public child day-care centers, family day-care homes, nursery
				  schools, or any program licensed or certified by the Department of Children,
				  Youth and Families which provides regular educational services to
				  preschool-aged children in Rhode Island.
8. "Physician" means an individual licensed
				  under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37, or an individual licensed
				  to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under the laws of another state
				  or territory of the United States, provided those laws are deemed to be
				  substantially equivalent to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.
9. "R.I. Gen. Laws" means the General Laws of
				  Rhode Island, as amended.
10.
				  "School" means all public or non-public schools for students in grades
				  Kindergarten through 12 in Rhode Island.
11. "Student" means any individual who is or
				  has been enrolled, full time or part time, at a preschool or school, and any
				  person entering any public or private college or university in Rhode Island as
				  a: full-time undergraduate or graduate student; part-time undergraduate or
				  graduate student in a health science program who may be in contact with
				  patients. The term "student" shall also include any person from another country
				  attending or visiting classes or educational programs as part of a formal
				  academic visitation or exchange program.
12. "These Regulations" means all parts of
				  the Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Immunization and Communicable Disease
				  Testing in Preschool, School, Colleges or Universities.
13. "Waiting period" means the time interval
				  between scheduled doses of vaccine. The length of waiting periods is defined by
				  the ACIP.