(Effective until January 1, 2023)
Content of notifications.
(1) For each condition listed in Table HC-1 of WAC
246-101-101, health care providers shall provide the following information for each case or suspected case:
(a) Patient name;
(b) Patient address;
(c) Patient telephone number;
(d) Patient date of birth;
(e) Patient sex;
(f) Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of disease or condition;
(g) Pertinent laboratory data, if available;
(h) Name of the principal health care provider;
(i) Telephone number of the principal health care provider;
(j) Address of the principal health care provider;
(k) Name and telephone number of the person providing the report; and
(l) Other information as the department may require on forms generated by the department.
(2) The local health officer or state health officer may require other information of epidemiological or public health value.
(Effective January 1, 2023)
Content of case reports—Health care providers and health care facilities.
(1) Health care providers and health care facilities shall provide the following information in each case report:
(a) Patient's first and last name;
(b) Patient's physical address including zip code;
(c) Patient's date of birth;
(d) Patient's sex;
(e) Patient's ethnicity, as required in WAC 246-101-011(4);
(f) Patient's race, as required in WAC 246-101-011(5);
(g) Patient's preferred language, as required in WAC 246-101-011(6);
(h) For hepatitis B acute or chronic infection case reports, pregnancy status (pregnant/not pregnant/unknown) of patients twelve to fifty years of age;
(i) Patient's best contact telephone number;
(j) Name of the principal health care provider;
(k) Telephone number of the principal health care provider;
(l) Address where patient received care;
(m) Name of the person providing the report;
(n) Telephone number of the person providing the report;
(o) Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of the condition; and
(p) Pertinent laboratory results, if available.
(2) Both the local health officer and the state health officer may request additional information of epidemiological or public health value when conducting a case investigation or to otherwise prevent and control a specific notifiable condition.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050,
70.28.032,
70.104.055,
43.70.545, and
70.24.130. WSR 21-11-040 and 22-01-175, § 246-101-115, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-115, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050,
43.70.545,
70.24.125,
70.28.010 and
70.104.030. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-115, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]