PDFWAC 246-101-115
Content of case reports—Health care providers and health care facilities.
(1) Health care providers and health care facilities shall provide the following information in each case report:
(a) Patient's first and last name;
(b) Patient's physical address including zip code;
(c) Patient's date of birth;
(d) Patient's sex;
(e) Patient's ethnicity, as required in WAC 246-101-011(4);
(f) Patient's race, as required in WAC 246-101-011(5);
(g) Patient's preferred language, as required in WAC 246-101-011(6);
(h) For hepatitis B acute or chronic infection case reports, pregnancy status (pregnant/not pregnant/unknown) of patients twelve to fifty years of age;
(i) Patient's best contact telephone number;
(j) Name of the principal health care provider;
(k) Telephone number of the principal health care provider;
(l) Address where patient received care;
(m) Name of the person providing the report;
(n) Telephone number of the person providing the report;
(o) Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of the condition; and
(p) Pertinent laboratory results, if available.
(2) Both the local health officer and the state health officer may request additional information of epidemiological or public health value when conducting a case investigation or to otherwise prevent and control a specific notifiable condition.
[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, § 246-101-115, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-115, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 43.70.545, 70.24.125, 70.28.010 and 70.104.030. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-115, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]