Section 1-3 - Definitions (a) Except as otherwise specified, the terminology used in these rules is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning used in healthcare, including the National Immunization Program and the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
(b) For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions shall apply: - (i) "Administrator" means the principal or head administrator of a school or child caring facility.
- (ii) "Authorized user" means an individual who is granted access to the Wyoming immunization information system (WY IIS) for the purpose of managing immunization records of individuals falling within his administrative or clinical responsibilities.
- (iii) "Child" means an individual who is attending a child caring facility or school.
- (iv) "Child caring facility" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-4-116(a).
- (v) "Electronic Health Record (EHR)" means a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting.
- (vi) "Health Level Seven (HL7) standard protocol" means the framework and standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.
- (vii) "Immunization Unit Manager" means the individual appointed by the Department to manage the Wyoming Vaccinates Important People (WyVIP) Program, the WY IIS, and mandatory immunizations.
- (viii) "Parent" means the legal guardian or custodian of a minor child, the minor child's natural parent, or if the minor child has been legally adopted, the adoptive parent.
- (ix) "Primary health care provider" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-22-402(c)(xiv).
- (x) "Provider agreement" means the legal agreement developed by the Department that is required for a primary health care provider to enroll in the WyVIP Program.
- (xi) "Provider profile" means the document utilized by the Department to capture the number of eligible patients served by a provider office as a means to compare projected vaccine needs with actual vaccine orders and inventory.
- (xii) "Publicly-supplied vaccine" means a state-purchased vaccine provided by the Department to primary health care providers enrolled in the WyVIP Program.
- (xiii) "School" means the following entities:
- (A) "A charter school within a school" as defined in § 21-3-302(a)(i);
- (B) "Elementary school" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-101(iv);
- (C) "High school" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-101(vi);
- (D) "Kindergarten" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-101(viii);
- (E) "Middle school" as defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-13-101(vii);
- (F) "New charter school" as defined in § 21-3-302(a)(iv);
- (G) "Parochial, church or religious school" as defined in § 21-4-101(a)(iv);
- (H) Preschool, which means any other institution that is not a child caring facility and occurs prior to entry into kindergarten; and
- (I) "Private school" as defined in 21-4-101(a)(iii).