The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Student" shall mean the same as defined for "child" in RCW
28A.210.070.
(2) "Chief administrator" shall mean the same as defined in RCW
28A.210.070.
(3) "Full immunization" shall mean the same as defined in RCW
28A.210.070.
(4) "Schedule of immunization" shall mean the beginning or continuing of a course of immunization, including the conditions for school attendance when a child is not fully immunized, as prescribed by the state board of health (WAC
246-105-060(2)).
(5) "Certificate of exemption" shall mean the filing of a statement exempting the child from immunizations with the chief administrator of the school, on a form prescribed by the department of health, which complies with RCW
28A.210.090.
(6) "Life-threatening condition" shall mean a health condition that will put the child in danger of death during the school day if a medication or treatment order and a nursing plan are not in place.
(7) "Medication or treatment order" shall mean the authority a registered nurse obtains under RCW
18.79.260(2). The order shall be signed by a licensed health care practitioner listed under RCW
18.79.260(2).
(8) "Nursing plan" shall mean a plan of care developed for the student consistent with the standards of nursing conduct or practice set out in department of health regulations, WAC
246-840-700 et seq. The nursing plan implements the medication or treatment order.
(9) "Exclusion" shall mean the case or instance when the student is denied initial or continued attendance:
(a) Due to failure to:
(i) Submit a schedule of immunization or a certificate of exemption as prescribed in WAC
246-105-050; or
(ii) Maintain the conditions for conditional status attendance prescribed in WAC
246-105-060; or
(b) In the case of a life-threatening health condition, due to failure to submit a medication or treatment order and any medication or equipment identified in the order, unless the school district is required to provide the medication or equipment as a related service under federal law.
(10) "School day" shall mean the same as in RCW
28A.150.030 and shall be inclusive of school or district sponsored field trip experiences and extracurricular activities and summer school.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
28A.210.160 and
28A.210.320(3). WSR 21-15-047, § 392-380-020, filed 7/14/21, effective 8/14/21. Statutory Authority: RCW
28A.210.160. WSR 07-12-020, § 392-380-020, filed 5/25/07, effective 6/25/07.]