Laws & Guidelines

Unless otherwise noted, all materials and forms on this page are in PDF format.

Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.

CDC Tuberculosis Guidelines - CDC Webpage Including Guidelines for Contact Investigations, Control &: Elimination, Drug-resistand TB, Genotyping, Infection Control, Laboratory, HIV, Specific Populations, Testing & Diagnosis, Treatment, & Vaccine.
Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States - (1MB) CDC MMWR, November 2005
Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis - (544KB) CDC MMWR, December 2005
Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health Care Settings -(1.8MB) CDC MMWR, December 2005. You will find the new slide set for these guidelines at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/slidesets/infectionguidelines/default.htm.
Interferon Gamma Release Assays (501KB) CDC MMWR, June 25, 2010 - Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Treatment of Tuberculosis - (1.5MB) CDC MMWR, June 2003

RCW 70.28 - Control of TB
WAC 246-100-211 - Communicable and Certain Other Diseases -Special Diseases - Tuberculosis
WAC 246-101 - Notifiable Conditions
WAC 246-170 - TB Prevention, Treatment, and Control
WAC 246-320 - Hospital Licensing Regulations
WAC 246-320-176 - Infection Control Program
WAC 246-335-060 - Home Health Delivery of Services
WAC 296-62 Part E - General Occupational Health Standards Respiratory Protection Standards
WAC 388-76 (WAC 388-76-10265 through WAC 388-76-10310, under Tuberculosis Screening) - Adult Family HomeAdult Family Home WACs
WAC 388-78A - Boarding Home Licensing Rules
WAC 388-97 (WAC 388-97-1380 through WAC 388-97-1600, under Infection Control) - Nursing Homes
WAC 388-151-220 - School-Aged Child Care Center Minimum Licensing Requirements
WAC 388-805 - Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) - Certification requirements for chemical dependency service providers
TB Guidelines - http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify/guidelines/pdf/tuberculosis.pdf (137KB)
Tuberculosis Control in Health-Care Settings- Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) Regional Directive 11.35
Washington Regional Directive CPL 02-00-106 -CPL 2.106 - Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis