WAC 246-101-630. Special condition — Antibiotic resistant disease — Department

The department shall: (1) Maintain a surveillance system for monitoring antibiotic resistant disease that may include: (a) Development of a sentinel network of laboratories to provide information regarding antibiotic resistant disease; and (b) Sample checks with health care providers and health care facilities regarding antibiotic resistant disease; and (2) Request the health care providers and laboratories submit specimens from a sample of patients with antibiotic resistant disease to the Washington state public health laboratories or other laboratory approved by the state health officer.