WAC 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.