Section 7 AAC 27.990 - DefinitionsIn this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;(2) "health care-associated infection" means a localized or systemic patient condition resulting from an infectious agent that was not present or incubating at the time of admission to a facility or entity unless the condition was related to a previous admission or procedure, including central line insertion or other surgical procedure; (3) "health care practitioner" has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395; (4) "health care provider" has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395; (5) "health oversight agency" means a public agency or entity acting under a grant of authority from a public agency, including an employee or agent of the public agency or its contractors, that is authorized by law to oversee a health care system or government program in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relevant;(6) "identifiable health information" has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;(7) "immunization information system" means a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records all immunization doses administered by participating providers to persons residing within this state or a given geographical area of this state; (8) "infectious disease" has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;(9) "known rabid animal" means an animal with a positive laboratory test for rabies virus; (10) "National Healthcare Safety Network" means the Internet-based surveillance system managed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP); (12) "public health agent" means an official or employee of the department who is in the division of public health or who has oversight over the division responsible for carrying out the provisions of AS 18.05 and AS 18.15; (13) "public health official" means an employee or appointee of a local government or political subdivision of the state who is employed or appointed to fulfill public health responsibilities;(14) "state medical officer" has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;(15) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state or federal holiday.Eff. 9/21/2020, Register 236; am 4/16/2022, Register 242, July 2022The subject matter of 7 AAC 27.990 was originally set out in 7 AAC 27.900. The history of 7 AAC 27.990 does not reflect the history of the former section.
Authority:AS 18.05.040
AS 18.15.355
AS 18.15.395