Section 16.02.10.011 - DEFINITIONS L THROUGH ZFor the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply.
01.Laboratory Director. A person who is directly responsible for the operation of a licensed laboratory or their designee.02.Laboratory. A medical diagnostic laboratory that is inspected, licensed, or approved by the Department or licensed according to the provisions of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act by the United States Health Care and Financing Administration. Laboratory may also refer to the Idaho State Public Health Laboratory, and to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.03.Livestock. Livestock as defined by the Idaho Department of Agriculture in IDAPA 02.04.03, "Rules Governing Animal Industry."04.Medical Record. Hospital or medical records are all those records compiled for the purpose of recording a medical history, diagnostic studies, laboratory tests, treatments, or rehabilitation. Access will be limited to those parts of the record that will provide a diagnosis, or will assist in identifying contacts to a reportable disease or condition. Records specifically exempted by statute are not reviewable.05.Outbreak. An outbreak is an unusual rise in the incidence of a disease. An outbreak may consist of a single case.06.Personal Care. The service provided by one (1) person to another for the purpose of feeding, bathing, dressing, assisting with personal hygiene, changing diapers, changing bedding, and other services involving direct physical contact.07.Physician. A person legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine in Idaho as defined in Section 54-1803, Idaho Code.08.Quarantine. The restriction placed on the entrance to and exit from the place or premises where an infectious agent or hazardous material exists. The place of quarantine will be designated by the Director or Health District Board.09.Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (rPEP). The administration of a rabies vaccine series with or without the antirabies immune globulin, depending on pre-exposure vaccination status, following a documented or suspected rabies exposure, as described in "Use of Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices," incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.10.Rabies-Susceptible Animal. Any animal capable of being infected with the rabies virus.11.Residential Care Facility. A commercial or non-profit establishment organized and operated to provide a place of residence for three (3) or more individuals who are not members of the same family, but live within the same household. Any restriction for this type of facility is included under restrictions for a health care facility.12.Restriction.a. To limit the activities of a person to reduce the risk of transmitting a communicable disease. Activities of individuals are restricted or limited to reduce the risk of disease transmission until such time that they are no longer considered a health risk to others.b. A food employee who is restricted must not work with exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped single-service or single-use articles. A restricted employee may still work at a food establishment as outlined in the IDAPA 16.02.19, "Idaho Food Code."13.Restrictable Disease. A restrictable disease is a communicable disease, which if left unrestricted, may have serious consequences to the public's health. The determination of whether a disease is restrictable is based upon the specific environmental setting and the likelihood of transmission to susceptible persons.14.Severe Reaction to Any Immunization. Any serious or life-threatening condition that results directly from the administration of any immunization against a communicable disease.15.Significant Exposure to Blood or Body Fluids. Significant exposure is defined as a percutaneous injury, contact of mucous membrane or non-intact skin, or contact with intact skin when the duration of contact is prolonged or involves an extensive area, with blood, tissue, or other body fluids as defined in "Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis," incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.16.Standard Precautions. Methods used to prevent transmission of all infectious agents, as described in the "Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.17.State Epidemiologist. A person employed by the Department to serve as a statewide epidemiologist or their designee.18.Suspected Case. A person diagnosed with or thought to have a particular disease or condition by a licensed physician or other health care provider. The suspected diagnosis may be based on signs and symptoms, or on laboratory evidence, or both criteria. Suspected cases of some diseases are reportable as described in Section 050 of these rules.19.Vaccination of an Animal Against Rabies. Vaccination of an animal by a licensed veterinarian with a rabies vaccine licensed or approved for the animal species and administered according to the specifications on the product label or package insert as described in the "Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control," incorporated in Section 004 of these rules.20.Veterinarian. Any licensed veterinarian as defined in Section 54-2103, Idaho Code.21.Waterborne Outbreak. An outbreak is when two (2) or more persons experience a similar illness after exposure to water from a common source and an epidemiological analysis implicates the water as the source of the illness.22.Working Day. A working day is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays.Idaho Admin. 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