Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0046 - Preventive Health & Safety Division › Chapter 1 - REPORTABLE DISEASES CONDITIONS - PHARMACIST REPORTING › Section 1-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules and regulations shall use the following terms as
				  defined within this section:
(a)
				"Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" (AIDS) is the end result of HIV infection
				supported by documented opportunistic infections, malignancies, or selected
				systemic diseases in association with HIV seropositivity.
(b) "Body Fluid" includes any fluids that
				have been identified by the Center for Disease Control as potentially
				infectious and capable of facilitating the transmission of reportable diseases
				and conditions, including HIV/AIDS.
(c) "Confidential" means the restriction of
				information and records relating to a known or suspected case of a reportable
				disease or condition which has been reported, acquired, and maintained under
				W.S.
				35-4-107 and
				35-4-108, unless otherwise
				required by law.
(d) "Contagious"
				is the transmission of a disease by direct or indirect contact.
(e) "Designee" is an individual appointed by
				the Health Officer and conducting official business for and on behalf of the
				Wyoming Department of Health, a county, city or district health
				office.
(f) "Health Care Employee"
				is a general term used to identify an individual (employee) of a health care
				facility involved in the supervision, care and treatment of patient's
				commensurate with the employees qualifications and training.
(g) "Health Care Facility" is a public or
				private hospital, dispensary, or other facility or institution offering and/or
				providing medical services.
(h)
				"Health Care Professional" shall include licensed physicians, nurses,
				physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental hygienists, and
				dental assistants.
(i) "Health Care
				Provider" is a general term used to identify a health care facility and/or
				medical professional (e.g., physician, nurse, physicians assistant) providing,
				directing, supervising or recommending a schedule of medical services to or on
				behalf of an individual.
(j)
				"Health Care Worker" includes all personnel involved in the care of a patient
				including first responders, such as law enforcement, rescue personnel and those
				individuals acting as good Samaritans.
(k) "Health Officer" is the physician or
				authorized designee selected by the appointing authority for a specific
				jurisdiction: state, county, and/or city.
(l) "Hospital" is a facility with an
				organized medical staff with a capacity to conduct patient health care needs on
				a continuous and/or extended basis.
(m) "Infectious" is the capacity to rapidly
				spread infection to other individuals.
(n)" Isolate" is the restriction of an
				individuals freedom which is necessary to ensure individual and/or public
				health and welfare.
(i) A person may be
				advised by the Health Officer and/or authorized designee to voluntarily
				restrict his or her freedom of movement so as to limit contact with other
				persons.
(ii) Action may be taken
				by the Health Officer and/or authorized designee for the protection of public
				health and welfare to legally and formally restrict a persons freedom of
				movement or performance of an activity.