WAC 246-101-115. Content of case reports — Health care providers and health care facilities

(1) Health care providers and health care facilities shall provide the following information in each case report: (a) Patient's first and last name; (b) Patient's physical address including zip code; (c) Patient's date of birth; (d) Patient's sex; (e) Patient's ethnicity, as required in WAC 246-101-011 (4); (f) Patient's race, as required in WAC 246-101-011 (5); (g) Patient's preferred language, as required in WAC 246-101-011 (6); (h) For hepatitis B acute or chronic infection case reports, pregnancy status (pregnant/not pregnant/unknown) of patients twelve to fifty years of age; (i) Patient's best contact telephone number; (j) Name of the principal health care provider; (k) Telephone number of the principal health care provider; (l) Address where patient received care; (m) Name of the person providing the report; (n) Telephone number of the person providing the report; (o) Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of the condition; and (p) Pertinent laboratory results, if available. (2) Both the local health officer and the state health officer may request additional information of epidemiological or public health value when conducting a case investigation or to otherwise prevent and control a specific notifiable condition.