WAC 246-100-021   Responsibilities and duties -- Health care providers.  Every health care provider, as defined in chapter 246-100 WAC, shall:

     (1) Provide adequate, understandable instruction in control measures designed to prevent the spread of disease to:

     (a) Each patient with a communicable disease under his or her care; and

     (b) Others as appropriate to prevent spread of disease.

     (2) Cooperate with public health authorities during investigation of:

     (a) Circumstances of a case or suspected case of a notifiable condition or other communicable disease; and

     (b) An outbreak or suspected outbreak of illness.

     Comply with requirements in WAC 246-100-206, 246-100-211, and chapter 246-101 WAC.

     (3) Use protocols established in Communicable Diseases Manual, seventeenth edition, James Chin, MD, MPH, editor, 2000, when treating wounds caused by animal bites. A copy of this publication is available for review at the department and at each local health department.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 00-23-120, § 246-100-021, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.24.130 and 70.104.055. 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-100-021, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-100-021, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.104 RCW. 90-10-036 (Order 049), § 248-100-021, filed 4/26/90, effective 5/27/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 87-11-047 (Order 302), § 248-100-021, filed 5/19/87.]