PDFWAC 415-104-530

Blood and blood-forming tissue diseases.

The following conditions of the blood and blood-forming tissue diseases are causes for rejection of membership:
(1) Anemia:
(a) Blood loss anemia—until both condition and basic cause are corrected;
(b) Deficiency anemia, not controlled by medication;
(c) Abnormal destruction of RBC's: Hemolytic anemia;
(d) Faulty RBC construction: Hereditary hemolytic anemia, thallassemia and sickle cell anemia;
(e) Myelophthisic anemia: Myelomatosis, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease;
(f) Primary refractory anemia: Aplastic anemia, DiGuglielmo's syndrome;
(2) Hemorrhagic states:
(a) Due to changes in coagulation system (hemophilia, etc.);
(b) Due to platelet deficiency;
(c) Due to vascular instability;
(3) Leukopenia, chronic or recurrent, associated with increased susceptibility to infection;
(4) Myeloproliferative disease (other than leukemia):
(a) Myelofibrosis;
(b) Megakaryocytic myelosis;
(c) Polycychemia vera;
(5) Splenomegaly until the cause is remedied;
(6) Thromboembolic disease except for acute, nonrecurrent conditions.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(6) and 41.50.090. WSR 78-03-023 (Order IV), § 415-104-530, filed 2/15/78. Formerly WAC 297-50-040.]