Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0071 - Wyoming Immunization Program › Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise specified, the
				terminology used in these rules is the standard terminology and has the
				standard meaning used in healthcare, including the National Immunization
				Program and the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
(b) For the purpose of these rules, the
				following definitions shall apply:
(i)
				"Administrator" means the principal or head administrator of a school or child
				caring facility.
(ii) "Authorized
				user" means an individual who is granted access to the Wyoming immunization
				information system (WY IIS) for the purpose of managing immunization records of
				individuals falling within his administrative or clinical
				responsibilities.
(iii) "Child"
				means an individual who is attending a child caring facility or
				school.
(iv) "Child caring
				facility" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. §
										
											14-4-116(a).
(v) "Electronic Health Record (EHR)" means a
				longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one
				or more encounters in any care delivery setting.
(vi) "Health Level Seven (HL7) standard
				protocol" means the framework and standards for the exchange, integration,
				sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.
(vii) "Immunization Unit Manager" means the
				individual appointed by the Department to manage the Wyoming Vaccinates
				Important People (WyVIP) Program, the WY IIS, and mandatory
				immunizations.
(viii) "Parent"
				means the legal guardian or custodian of a minor child, the minor child's
				natural parent, or if the minor child has been legally adopted, the adoptive
				parent.
(ix) "Primary health care
				provider" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. §
										
											35-22-402(c)(xiv).
(x) "Provider agreement" means the legal
				agreement developed by the Department that is required for a primary health
				care provider to enroll in the WyVIP Program.
(xi) "Provider profile" means the document
				utilized by the Department to capture the number of eligible patients served by
				a provider office as a means to compare projected vaccine needs with actual
				vaccine orders and inventory.
(xii)
				"Publicly-supplied vaccine" means a state-purchased vaccine provided by the
				Department to primary health care providers enrolled in the WyVIP
				Program.
(xiii) "School" means the
				following entities:
(A) "A charter school
				within a school" as defined in §
											
												21-3-302(a)(i);
(B) "Elementary school" as defined in Wyo.
				Stat. Ann. §
											
												21-13-101(iv);
(C) "High school" as defined in Wyo. Stat.
				Ann. §
											
												21-13-101(vi);
(D) "Kindergarten" as defined in Wyo. Stat.
				Ann. §
											
												21-13-101(viii);
(E) "Middle school" as defined in Wyo. Stat.
				Ann. §
											
												21-13-101(vii);
(F) "New charter school" as defined in §
											
												21-3-302(a)(iv);
(G) "Parochial, church or religious school"
				as defined in §
											
												21-4-101(a)(iv);
(H) Preschool, which means any other
				institution that is not a child caring facility and occurs prior to entry into
				kindergarten; and
(I) "Private
				school" as defined in
				
												21-4-101(a)(iii).