(1) For each condition listed in Table Lab-1 of WAC 246-101-201, laboratory directors must provide the following information for each positive culture or suggestive test result:

(a) Type of specimen tested;

(b) Name of reporting laboratory;

(d) Date of specimen collection;

(e) Date specimen received by reporting laboratory;

(f) Requesting health care provider's name;

(g) Requesting health care provider's phone number;

(h) Requesting health care provider's address, when available;

(i) Test result;

(j) Name of patient;

(k) Sex of patient, when available in laboratory database;

(l) Date of birth or age of patient, when available in laboratory database; and

(m) Full address of patient, or patient zip code at a minimum, when available in laboratory database.

(2) Local health officers and the state health officer may require laboratory directors to report other information of epidemiological or public health value.

(1) A laboratory director shall provide the following information in each laboratory report required under this chapter:

(a) Patient's first and last name;

(b) Patient's physical address including zip code;

(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 virus, pregnancy status (pregnant, not pregnant, or unknown) of patients twelve to fifty years of age;

(i) Patient's best contact telephone number;

(j) For blood lead level, medicaid status of patients less than seventy-two months of age;

(k) Requesting health care provider's name;

(l) Requesting health care provider's phone number;

(m) Address where patient received care;

(n) Name of submitting laboratory;

(o) Telephone number of submitting laboratory;

(p) Specimen type;

(q) Specimen collection date;

(r) Date laboratory received specimen;

(s) Test method used; and

(t) Test result.

(2) The local health officer or the state health officer may request additional information of epidemiological or public health value when conducting a case investigation or otherwise for prevention and control of a specific notifiable condition.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.28.032, and 70.24.130. WSR 21-11-040 and 22-01-175, § 246-101-225, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-225, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 43.70.545, 70.24.125 and 70.28.010. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-225, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]

PDFWAC 246-101-225

Content of notifications for positive preliminary test results and positive final test results.

PDFWAC 246-101-225

Content of laboratory reports—Laboratory directors.