Definitions

As used in 101 CMR 21.00, unless the context requires otherwise, terms have the meanings in 101 CMR 21.03. Agency. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) or any department, agency, commission, office, board, division, or any other body within EOHHS as set out in M.G.L. c. 6A, § 16, including the Executive Office of Elder Affairs. COVID-19. A contagious, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus that led to the declaration of a federal public health emergency and a state of emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. COVID-19 Testing. The process of a collection of a specimen from an individual for the purposes of determining the presence or absence of SARS-CoV-2 viral material in said specimen at an EOHHS-approved COVID-19 testing vendor. COVID-19 Testing Vendor. Providers of COVID-19 Tests as defined in 101 CMR 22.00.