Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 254 - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE REPORTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 144-254-1 - DEFINITIONS

A. Bureau: The Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health.

B. Causative Agent: Substance or factor which is suspected to have precipitated the onset of the disease being reported.

C. Chiropractor. Chiropractor registered and licensed by the Maine State Board of Chiropractic Licensure.

D. Commissioner: The Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine.

E. Confidentiality: The extension of an individual's right of privacy; the process of how information once collected will be maintained.

F. Department: The State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services

G. Director: The director of the Bureau of Health.

H. Division: The Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health, Division of Disease Control.

I. Hospital: Any hospital licensed by the Department.

J. Industry: The particular type of activity or business within which the occupation, which resulted in the exposure causing the illness, was found.

K. Physician: Physician registered and licensed by either the Board of Licensure in Medicine, State of Maine or by the Board of Osteopathic Licensure.

L. Physician Extender: A Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner registered by the Board of Licensure in Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Licensure, or other licensing body authorized under Maine law.

M. Occupation; The type of job the individual was engaged in which is believed to have resulted in exposure to the agent causing the illness or injury.

N. Occupational Disease: Any abnormal condition or disorder, including an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment.

O. Reportable Case: Any newly diagnosed patient with a reportable occupational disease or injury.