Section 246-101-110 - Means of notification-Health care providers and health care facilities Health care providers and health care facilities shall:
(1) Submit a case report for each case under Table HC-1 of WAC 246-101-101, 246-101-115, and this section by secure electronic data transmission;(2) Submit a case report to the department instead of the local health jurisdiction when: (a) The local health jurisdiction is closed or representatives of the local health jurisdiction are unavailable: (i) For immediately notifiable conditions; or(ii) At the time an outbreak or suspected outbreak of a communicable disease occurs.(b) The patient who is the subject of the case report resides outside Washington state and is a visitor to Washington state;(3) Call the public health authority designated for the condition in Table HC-1 of WAC 246-101-101 immediately and confirm receipt of a case report for conditions designated as: (a) Immediately notifiable; or(b) Notifiable within twenty-four hours if the case report is submitted outside of the local health jurisdiction's normal business hours.Wash. Admin. Code § 246-101-110
Amended by WSR 21-11-040, Filed 5/12/2021, effective 1/31/2022