Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Chapter 246-101 - Notifiable conditions › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 246-101-010 - Definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this
					 section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires
					 otherwise:
(1) "Animal case" means an
				  animal, alive or dead, with a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of a notifiable
				  condition in Table Agriculture-1 of WAC 246-101-805 made by a veterinarian
				  licensed under chapter 18.92 RCW, veterinary medical facility licensed under
				  chapter 18.92 RCW, or veterinary laboratory as defined under chapter 16.70 RCW
				  based on clinical criteria, or laboratory criteria, or both.
(2) "Animal case report" means the data and
				  other supporting information submitted by the Washington state department of
				  agriculture to the department under WAC 246101-810 for an individual animal
				  with a notifiable condition.
(3)
				  "Associated death" means a death resulting directly or indirectly from a case
				  of the specified condition, with no period of complete recovery between the
				  onset of the condition and death.
(4) "Blood lead level" means a measurement of
				  lead content in whole blood.
(5)
				  "Board" means the Washington state board of health.
(6) "Business day" means any day that the
				  department is open for business.
(7) "Carrier" means a person harboring a
				  specific infectious agent without developing symptoms and serving as a
				  potential source of infection to others.
(8) "Case" means a person, alive or dead,
				  with a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of a condition made by a health care
				  provider, health care facility, or laboratory based on clinical criteria, or
				  laboratory criteria, or both, such as the Centers for Disease Control and
				  Prevention, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, Council of State
				  and Territorial Epidemiologists case definitions.
(9) "Case report" means the data and other
				  supporting information submitted by a health care provider or health care
				  facility to public health authorities under WAC
				  246-101-115
				  for an individual patient with a notifiable condition.
(10) "Communicable disease" means an
				  infectious disease that can be transmitted from A person, animal, or object to
				  A person by direct or indirect means including, but not limited to,
				  transmission through an intermediate host or vector, food, water, or
				  air.
(11) "Condition" means an
				  infectious or noninfec-tious condition as these terms are defined in this
				  chapter.
(12) "Department" or "DOH"
				  means the Washington state department of health.
(13) "Health care-associated infection" means
				  a localized or systemic condition that results from adverse reaction to the
				  presence of an infectious agent or its toxins and that was not present or
				  incubating at the time of admission to the health care facility.
(14) "Health care facility" means:
(a) Assisted living facilities licensed under
				  chapter 18.20 RCW;
(b) Birthing
				  center s licensed under chapter 18.46 RCW;
(c) Nursing home s licensed under chapter
				  18.51 RCW;
(d) Hospital s licensed
				  under chapter 70.41 RCW;
(e) Adult
				  family home s licensed under chapter 70.128 RCW;
(f) Ambulatory surgical facilities licensed
				  under chapter 70.230 RCW;
(g)
				  Private establishment s licensed under chapter 71.12 RCW;
(h) Enhanced service facilities licensed
				  under chapter 70.97 RCW;
(i)
				  Clinics, or other settings where one or more health care providers practice;
				  and
(j) In reference to a sexually
				  transmitted infection, other settings as defined in chapter 70.24
				  RCW.