Health care providers and health care facilities shall:

1. (1) Submit a case report for each case under Table HC-1 of WAC 246-101-101, 246-101-115, and this section by secure electronic data transmission;

2. (2) Submit a case report to the department instead of the local health jurisdiction when:

   1. (a) The local health jurisdiction is closed or representatives of the local health jurisdiction are unavailable:

      1. (i) For immediately notifiable conditions; or
      2. (ii) At the time an outbreak or suspected outbreak of a communicable disease occurs.
   2. (b) The patient who is the subject of the case report resides outside Washington state and is a visitor to Washington state;

3. (3) Call the public health authority designated for the condition in Table HC-1 of WAC 246-101-101 immediately and confirm receipt of a case report for conditions designated as:

   1. (a) Immediately notifiable; or
   2. (b) Notifiable within twenty-four hours if the case report is submitted outside of the local health jurisdiction's normal business hours.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.28.032, 70.104.055, 43.70.545, and 70.24.130. WSR 21-11-040 and 22-01-175, § 246-101-110, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-110, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.24.125, 70.28.010 and 70.104.030. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-110, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]