Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 30 - Infectious Diseases
Subchapter 05 - Infectious Diseases
Part 3 - Immunization and Communicable Disease Testing in Preschool, School, Colleges or Universities (216-RICR-30-05-3)
Section 216-RICR-30-05-3.3 - Definitions

1. "Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations", as used in these Regulations, means official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines in the United States and as published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACIP recommendations represent the standard of care for vaccination practice in the United States.

2. "Child care worker" means any person who is temporarily or permanently employed by a preschool (as defined in § 3.3(A)(7) of this Part) who has direct or indirect contact with children in the preschool.

3. "College" or "university" means any public or private institution of higher learning in the State of Rhode Island.

4. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health or his or her duly authorized designee.

5. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.

6. "Entering" means formal registration by a student for attendance at a pre-school, school, college or university in Rhode Island.

7. "Preschool" means all public and non-public child day-care centers, family day-care homes, nursery schools, or any program licensed or certified by the Department of Children, Youth and Families which provides regular educational services to preschool-aged children in Rhode Island.

8. "Physician" means an individual licensed under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37, or an individual licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, provided those laws are deemed to be substantially equivalent to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.

9. "R.I. Gen. Laws" means the General Laws of Rhode Island, as amended.

10. "School" means all public or non-public schools for students in grades Kindergarten through 12 in Rhode Island.

11. "Student" means any individual who is or has been enrolled, full time or part time, at a preschool or school, and any person entering any public or private college or university in Rhode Island as a: full-time undergraduate or graduate student; part-time undergraduate or graduate student in a health science program who may be in contact with patients. The term "student" shall also include any person from another country attending or visiting classes or educational programs as part of a formal academic visitation or exchange program.

12. "These Regulations" means all parts of the Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Immunization and Communicable Disease Testing in Preschool, School, Colleges or Universities.

13. "Waiting period" means the time interval between scheduled doses of vaccine. The length of waiting periods is defined by the ACIP.