Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-30

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-1-30 - Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "College designee" and "university designee" mean a person determined by the administration at a postsecondary educational institution to be responsible for the oversight and implementation of that institution's TB prevention and control plan.

(b) "Department" means Kansas department of health and environment.

(c) "Health care provider" means any of the following licensed persons: medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of podiatric medicine, advanced registered nurse practitioner as defined in K.S.A. 65-1113 and amendments thereto, and physician assistant.

(d) "High-risk student" means a student who meets any of the following conditions:

(1) Has signs and symptoms of active TB;

(2) has been in contact with a person who has been diagnosed with active TB; or

(3) has traveled, resided in for more than three months, or was born in any country where TB is endemic as determined by the secretary and consistent with guidance provided by the centers for disease control and prevention.

(e) "Postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning specified in K.S.A. 65-129e, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Secretary" means secretary of health and environment or the secretary's designee.

(g) "Student" means an individual who has been admitted to a postsecondary educational institution where the course of studies will require physical attendance in a classroom setting with one or more persons.

(h) "TB" means tuberculosis.

(i) "TB prevention and control plan" means the policies and procedures adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 65-129f, and amendments thereto, used at a postsecondary educational institution to reduce the risk of tuberculosis transmission and derived from pages 32 through 42 of the guidelines in "controlling tuberculosis in the United States: recommendations from the American thoracic society, CDC, and the infectious diseases society of America," published in morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR) on November 4, 2005, vol. 54, no. RR-12. The pages specified in this subsection are hereby adopted by reference.

(j) "Tuberculosis" has the meaning specified in K.S.A. 65-116a, and amendments thereto. For the purposes of these regulations, the term "active TB" shall mean a person diagnosed with tuberculosis by a health care provider, and the term "latent TB infection" shall mean a person who is determined by a health care provider to have the bacterium that causes tuberculosis but has not been diagnosed with active TB.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-30

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 65-129e and 65-129f; effective April 15, 2011.