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Last updated:  August 12, 2009

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Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

• HIV/AIDS Policy Review

• Notifiable Conditions Rule Revision

HIV/AIDS Policy Review

The Board of Health and the Department of Health launched a joint initiative to review procedures, policies, rules, and statutes related to HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infections in 2003. This resulted in the Board revising sections of chapter 246-100 WAC and 246-101 WAC for HIV at its April 2005 meeting. The Board adopted additional revisions to chapter 246-101 WAC regarding name retention for HIV case reports in June 2006. The Board received a briefing from the Department in June 2008 about implementation of the revisions and a recommendation for changes to chapter 246-100 WAC regarding testing, counseling, and partner notification. The Board opened certain sections of the rules in October 2008 for possible revision. The Department is gathering input from stakeholders for development of a rule revision proposal.

• CR-103 filed May 4, 2005 as WSR 05-11-110.

• CR-103 filed August 1, 2006 as WSR 06-16-117

• CR-101 filed October 8, 2008 as WSR 08-21-034

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 70.24 RCW
SBOH Contact: Tara Wolff, 360-236-4101
DOH Contact: John Peppert, 360-236-3427

Notifiable Conditions Rule Revision

The Board adopted changes to the Notifiable Conditions chapter at a public hearing on November 10, 2004. The affected sections are WAC 246-101-015, 101, 201, and 301. The changes expanded the list of notifiable conditions to include conditions that were provisionally notifiable and added hepatitis C and hepatitis B to the list of conditions reportable by laboratories. The provisionally notifiable conditions that were added to the permanent list of reportable conditions are: autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, alcohol related birth defects, newly diagnosed cases and previously unreported cases of prevalent hepatitis B (chronic) and hepatitis C (acute and chronic), initial genital infection with herpes simplex, abdominal wall congenital defects, and arboviral diseases. Information regarding notifiable conditions is available from the Department of Health’s Web site. The Board received a briefing from the Department in October 2008 recommendation to possibly amend certain sections of the notifiable conditions rules. The rule may be opened soon for development of a proposal for revision.

• CR-103 filed January 11, 2005 as WSR 05-03-055.

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 70.24.125
SBOH Contact: Tara Wolff, 360-236-4101
DOH Contact: Pam Lovinger, 360-236-4225