R386-702-2. Definitions

  (1) Terms in this rule defined in Section 26-6-2:

  (a) Carrier

  (b) Communicable disease

  (c) Contact

  (d) Epidemic

  (e) Infection

  (f) Schools

  (2) Terms in this rule defined in Section 26-6-6:

  (a) Health care provider

  (3) Terms in this rule defined in Section 26-21-2:

  (a) Assisted living facilities

  (b) Nursing care facilities

  (4) Terms in this rule defined in Section 26-23b-102:

  (a) Bioterrorism

  (5) Terms in this rule defined in Section 26-39-102:

  (a) Childcare programs

  (6) Terms in this rule defined in Section 78B-3-403:

  (a) Health care facilities

  (7) Terms in this rule defined in Section 62A-15-602:

  (a) Mental health facilities

  (8) Terms in this rule defined in Section R386-80-2:

  (a) Local health department

  (9) In addition, for purposes of this rule:

  (a) "Blood and plasma center" is defined as a blood bank, blood storage facility, plasma center, hospital, any another facility where blood or blood products are collected, or any facility where blood services are provided.

  (b) "Care facilities licensed through the Department of Human Services" is described as any facility licensed through the Utah Department of Human Services, and includes adult day care facilities, adult foster care facilities, crisis respite facilities, domestic violence shelters and treatment programs, foster care homes, mental health treatment programs, residential treatment and day treatment facilities for persons with disabilities, substance abuse treatment programs, and youth treatment programs.

  (c) "Case" is defined as any person, living or deceased, identified as having a communicable disease, condition, or syndrome that meets criteria for being reportable under this rule, or that is otherwise under public health investigation.

  (d) "Clinic" is defined as any facility where a health care provider practices.

  (e) "Condition" is defined as an abnormal state of health that may interfere with a person's regular feelings of wellbeing.

  (f) "Correctional facility" is defined as an facility that forcibly confines an individual under the authority of the government, including but not limited to prisons, detention centers, jails, juvenile detention centers.

  (g) "Department" is defined as the Utah Department of Health.

  (h) "Diagnostic facility" is defined as the facility where the case or suspect case was seen and evaluated by a healthcare provider.

  (i) "Dispensary" is defined as an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications or medical supplies.

  (j) "Electronic case reporting" is defined as the transmission of clinical, diagnostic, laboratory, and treatment related data from reporting entities to the Department in a structured, computer-readable format that reflects comparable content to HL7 CDA(reg trademark) R2 Implementation Guide: Public Health Case Report, Release 2 - US Realm - the Electronic Initial Case Report (eICR). Electronic Initial Case Reporting is a form of electronic reporting.

  (k) "Electronic laboratory reporting" is defined as the transmission of laboratory or health related data from reporting entities to the Department using HL7 ORU-R01 2.3.1 or 2.5.1, LOINC, and SNOMED standard message structure and vocabulary. Electronic laboratory reporting is a form of electronic reporting.

  (l) "Electronic reporting" is defined as the transmission of laboratory or health related data from reporting entities to the Department in a structured, computer-readable format that reflects comparable content to HL7 messaging.

  (m) "Encounter" is defined as an instance of an individual presenting to a health care facility.

  (n) "Event" is defined as any communicable disease, condition, laboratory result, syndrome, outbreak, epidemic, or other public health hazard that meets criteria for being reportable under this rule.

  (o) "Good Samaritan" is defined as a person who gives reasonable aid to strangers in grave physical distress.

  (p) "Invasive disease" is defined as infection occurring in parts of the body where organisms are not normally present, such as the bloodstream, organs, or the meninges.

  (q) "Laboratory" is defined as any facility that receives, refers, or analyzes clinical specimens.

  (r) "Manual reporting" is defined as the transmission of laboratory or health related data from reporting entities to the Department using processes that require hand keying for data to be incorporated into Department databases.

  (s) "Normally sterile site" is defined as a part of the body where organisms are not normally present, such as the bloodstream, organs, or the meninges.

  (t) "Outbreak" is defined as the increased occurrence of any communicable disease, health condition, or syndrome in a community, institution, or region; or two or more cases of a communicable disease, health condition, or syndrome in persons with a common exposure.

  (u) "Public health hazard" is defined as the presence of an infectious organism or condition in the environment which endangers the health of a specified population.

  (v) "Suspect case" is defined as any person, living or deceased, who a reporting entity, local health department, or the Department believes might be a case, but for whom it has not been established that the criteria necessary to become a case have been met.

  (w) "Syndrome" is defined as a set of signs or symptoms that often occur together.