Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Article 3 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Section R9-6-301 - Definitions

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-6-301

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1. "Aquatic venue" means an artificially constructed structure or modified natural structure that:

a. Is used:
i. For water contact recreation, as defined in A.A.C. R9-8-801; or

ii. To treat a diagnosed injury, illness, or medical condition under the supervision of a health professional, as defined in A.R.S. § 32-3201;

b. Is open to all individuals or to all residents of a community, members of a club or camp, individuals being treated by a specific health professional, or patrons of other such establishments; and

c. Includes a:
i. Natural bathing place as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201,

ii. Public spa as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201,

iii. Public swimming pool as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201,

iv. Semi-artificial bathing place as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201,

v. Semi-public spa as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201,

vi. Semi-public swimming pool as defined in A.A.C. R18-5-201, and

vii. Water-play area, an artificially constructed depression in which water issues from showers or other nozzles and drains away to leave little or no standing water.

2. "Blood bank" means a facility where human whole blood or a blood component is collected, prepared, tested, processed, or stored, or from which human whole blood or a blood component is distributed.

3. "Blood center" means a mobile or stationary facility that procures human whole blood or a blood component that is transported to a blood bank.

4. "Contact precautions" means, in addition to use of standard precautions:

a. Placing an individual in a private room or a cohort room with a distance of three or more feet separating the individual's bed from the bed of another individual; and

b. Ensuring the use of a gown and gloves by other individuals when entering the room in which the individual is located.

5. "Contaminated" means to have come in contact with a disease-causing agent or toxin.

6. "Disinfection" means killing or inactivating communicable-disease-causing agents on inanimate objects by directly applied chemical or physical means.

7. "Disinfestation" means any physical, biological, or chemical process to reduce or eliminate undesired arthropod or rodent populations.

8. "Droplet precautions" means, in addition to use of standard precautions:

a. Placing an individual in a private room or a cohort room with a distance of three or more feet and a curtain separating the individual's bed from the bed of another individual;

b. Ensuring that the individual wears a mask covering the individual's mouth and nose, if medically appropriate, when not in the room described in subsection (8)(a); and

c. Ensuring the use of a mask covering the mouth and nose by other individuals when entering the room in which the individual is located.

9. "Follow-up" means the practice of investigating and monitoring cases, carriers, contacts, or suspect cases to detect, treat, or prevent disease.

10. "Incapacitated adult" means an individual older than 18 years of age for whom a guardian has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

11. "Isolation precautions" means methods to limit the transmission of an infectious agent, based on the infectious agent and the location of infection in or on the infected individual or animal, that includes isolation of the infected individual or animal and may include any one or combination of the following:

a. Standard precautions,

b. Contact precautions,

c. Droplet precautions, or

d. Airborne precautions.

12. "Midwife" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-751.

13. "Multi-drug-resistant organism" means a bacterial agent on a Department-provided list that is known to not be killed or whose growth is not slowed by specific classes of antibiotics.

14. "Pediculocide" means a shampoo or cream rinse manufactured and labeled for controlling head lice.

15. "Person in charge" means the individual present at a food establishment who is responsible for the food establishment's operation at the time in question.

16. "Plasma center" means a facility where the process of plasmapheresis or another form of apheresis is conducted.

17. "State health officer" means the Director of the Department or the Director's designee.

18. "Vector" means a living animal, usually a mosquito, tick, flea, or other arthropod, that may transmit an infectious agent to an individual.

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