Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part II - The Control of Diseases
Chapter 1 - Disease Reporting Requirements
Section II-101 - Definitions [formally paragraph 2:001]
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows.
Carbon Monoxide-carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced through incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels, including gasoline, oil, and wood.
Carrier-a person, who without apparent symptoms of a communicable disease, harbors the specific infectious agent and may serve as a source of infection. The carrier state may occur with infections unapparent throughout their course, and also as a feature of incubation period, convalescence, and post-convalescence of a clinically recognizable disease.
Case-a particular instance of disease.
Case of Arsenic Exposure-any medical condition/visit resulting from arsenic exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with arsenic. Laboratory test results for arsenic: includes results of arsenic tests (blood, urine, or tissue samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Cadmium Exposure-any medical condition/visit resulting from cadmium exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with cadmium. Laboratory test results for cadmium: includes results of cadmium tests (blood, urine, or tissue samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Carbon Monoxide Exposure-any medical condition/visit resulting from carbon monoxide exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation contact with carbon monoxide. Laboratory test results for carbon monoxide includes results of carboxyhemoglobin tests (blood samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Lead Exposure-any medical condition/visit resulting from lead exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with lead. Laboratory test results for lead: includes results of lead tests (blood, urine, or tissue samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Mercury Exposure-any medical condition/visit resulting from mercury exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with mercury. Laboratory test results for mercury: includes results of mercury tests (blood, urine, or tissue samples), regardless of test result.
Case of Perinatal Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-any instance of a live birth to a woman in whom HIV infection was present prior to the birth (indicated by maternal or neonatal HIV testing).
Case of Perinatal Exposure to Treponema Pallidum-any instance of a live birth or stillbirth to a woman in whom syphilis infection was present prior to the birth (indicated by maternal or neonatal syphilis testing).
Case of Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury-any medical condition/visit resulting from pesticide exposure as determined from the exposure history or patient statement and/or acute, subacute, or chronic illness or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal exposure or ocular contact with a pesticide. Laboratory test results for pesticide-related illness and injury includes results of cholinesterase tests (plasma and red blood cell), regardless of test results, for which the purpose of the test was possible pesticide exposure; and tests of pesticides or metabolites in blood, urine, or tissue samples, regardless of test results.
Communicable Disease-an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to susceptible host, either directly as from an infected person or animals, or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector or the inanimate environment.
Contact-any person who has been in such association with an infected person or animal or with a contaminated environment as to have had opportunity to acquire the infection.
Day Care Center-this term as defined in Part XXI. 101. A of this code.
Isolation-the separation for the period of communicability of infected persons from other persons, in such places and under such conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious agent from infected persons to persons who are susceptible or who may spread the agent to others.
Louisiana Immunization Network ("LINKS")-the official Louisiana immunization information registry system, authorized by R.S. 40:31.13 and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH).
Pesticide-any pesticide defined in the Louisiana Pesticide Law (Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 3, Chapter 20, 1999) as now stated and as may be amended in the future. Pesticides include but are not limited to insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, repellants, fungicides, and wood treatment products.
Quarantine-the limitation of freedom of movement of such well persons or domestic animals as have been exposed to a communicable disease for a period of time equal to the longest usual incubation period of the disease, in such manner as to prevent effective contact with those not so exposed.
NOTE: In connection with the control of communicable diseases, the term quarantine is frequently used interchangeably with the term isolation as defined above in this Paragraph. At times, the two terms may be used together, as in an isolation/quarantine order pursuant to R.S. 40:4(A)(13), and further pursuant to §117-121 in the body of this Part in this code pertaining to the Control of Diseases.
Reportable Disease-any disease or condition for which an official report is required by the state health officer.
AUTHORITY NOTE: The first source of authority for promulgation of the sanitary code is in R.S. 36:258(B), with more particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated in accordance with the specific provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(2) and R.S. 40:5(1)(2) and (10).
