Health care providers and health care facilities shall:
(1) Submit a case report for each case under Table HC-1 of WAC
246-101-101,
246-101-115, and this section by secure electronic data transmission;
(2) Submit a case report to the department instead of the local health jurisdiction when:
(a) The local health jurisdiction is closed or representatives of the local health jurisdiction are unavailable:
(i) For immediately notifiable conditions; or
(ii) At the time an outbreak or suspected outbreak of a communicable disease occurs.
(b) The patient who is the subject of the case report resides outside Washington state and is a visitor to Washington state;
(3) Call the public health authority designated for the condition in Table HC-1 of WAC
246-101-101 immediately and confirm receipt of a case report for conditions designated as:
(a) Immediately notifiable; or
(b) Notifiable within twenty-four hours if the case report is submitted outside of the local health jurisdiction's normal business hours.
[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, § 246-101-110, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-110, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050,
70.24.125,
70.28.010 and
70.104.030. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-110, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]