Section R9-6-701. Definitions

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1.        “Administration of vaccine” means the inoculation of a child with an immunizing agent by an individual autho- rized by federal or state law.

2.        “AHCCCS” means the Arizona Health Care Cost Con- tainment System.

3.        “ASIIS” means the Arizona State Immunization Informa- tion System, an immunization reporting system that col- lects, stores, analyzes, releases, and reports immunization data.

4.        “Case” has the same meaning as in R9-6-101.

5.        “Catch-up immunization schedule” means the times established in Table 2 for the immunization of a child who has not completed the vaccine series required in Table 1 before entry into a child care or school.

6.        “CDC” means the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention.

7.        “Charter school” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 15- 101.

8.        “Child” means:

a.        An individual 18 years of age or less, or

b.        An individual more than 18 years of age attending school.

9.        “Child care” means:

a.        A child care facility as defined in A.R.S. § 36-881; or

b.        A child care group home as defined in A.R.S. § 36-897.

10.     “Child care administrator” means an individual, or the individual’s designee, having daily control and supervi- sion of a child care.

11.     “Communicable period” means the time during which an individual is capable of infecting another individual with a communicable disease.

12.     “Contact person” means an individual who, on behalf of a school or child care and upon request of the Department, provides information to the Department.

13.     “Day” means a calendar day, and excludes the:

a.        Day of the act, or event, from which a designated period of time begins to run, and

b.        Last day of the period if a Saturday, Sunday, or offi- cial state holiday.

14.     “DTaP” means diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine.

15.     “DTP” means diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine.

16.     “Enroll” means to accept into a school by the school or into a child care by the child care.

17.     “Entry” means the first day of attendance at a child care or at a specific grade level in a school.

18.     “Head Start program” means a federally funded program administered under 42 U.S.C. 9831 to 42 U.S.C. 9852.

19.     “Hep A” means hepatitis A vaccine.

20.     “Hep B” means hepatitis B vaccine.

21.     “Hib” means Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine.

22.     “Immunization” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36- 671.

23.     “Immunization registry” means a storage of immuniza- tion data for vaccines.

24.     “Immunization registry administrator” means an individ- ual, or the individual’s designee, having daily control and supervision of an immunization registry.

25.     “Imported” means entered through a fully automated pro- cess without electronic manipulation of the data.

26.     “IRMS number” means a numeric identifier the Depart- ment issues to a person whose information is stored in ASIIS.

27.     “KidsCare” means a federally funded program adminis- tered by AHCCCS under A.R.S. § 36-2982.

28.     “Kindergarten” means the grade level in a school that precedes first grade.

29.     “Laboratory evidence of immunity” has the same mean- ing as in A.R.S. § 36-671.

30.     “Local health agency” has the same meaning as “health agency” in A.R.S. § 36-671.

31.     “Local health officer” means an individual or the individ- ual’s designee having daily control and supervision of a local health agency.

32.     “Medical exemption” means to excuse a child from immunization against a specified disease if the required immunization may be detrimental to the child’s health, as determined by a physician.

33.     “Medical services” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-401.

34.     “MMR” means measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.

35.     “MV” means meningococcal vaccine.

36.     “Outbreak” means an unexpected increase in the inci- dence of a disease as determined by the Department or local health agency.

37.     “Physician” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 15-871.

38.     “Polio” means poliomyelitis vaccine.

39.     “Practical nurse” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32- 1601.

40.     “Private school” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 15- 101.

41.     “Provider” means an individual who administers a vac- cine, or an entity that is responsible for administering a vaccine.

42.     “Public school” has the same meaning as “school” in

A.R.S. § 15-101.

43.     “Registered nurse” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32-1601.

44.     “Registered nurse practitioner” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32-1601.

45.     “Responsible person” has the same meaning as “parent” in R9-5-101.

46.     “Route of administration” means a method of inoculation with a vaccine.

47.     “School” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-671.

48.     “School  administrator”   has  the  same  meaning  as  in

A.R.S. § 36-671.

49.     “Suspect case” has the same meaning as in R9-6-101.

50.     “Td” means tetanus and diphtheria vaccine.

51.     “Tdap” means tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine.

52.     “Temporary” means lasting for a limited time.

53.     “Underinsured”  means  having  medical  insurance  that does not cover all or part of the cost of a vaccination.

54.     “Uninsured” means not having medical insurance.

55.     “Vaccine” has the same meaning as “biological product” defined in 21 CFR 600.3h (April 1, 2000).

56.     “VAR” means varicella vaccine.

57.     “VFC” means Vaccines for Children, a federal program administered by the Department.

58.     “VFC PIN number” means a numeric identifier that the VFC issues to a person participating in the VFC.

59.     “WIC” means Women, Infants, and Children, a federal program administered by the Department.

60.     “WIC administrator” means an individual, or the individ- ual’s designee, having daily control and supervision of a WIC.

Historical Note

Former Section R9-6-115, Paragraph (47), renumbered and amended as R9-6-701 effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Amended effective September 14, 1990 (Supp. 90-3). Former Section R9-6-701 renumbered to Section R9-6-328, new Section R9-6-701 renumbered from R9-6-501 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended effective April 4, 1997 (Supp.

97-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 496,

effective January 19, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). Amended by

final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 1310, effective March 17, 2000 (Supp. 00-1). Former Section R9-6-701 renumbered to R9-6-702; new Section R9-6-701 made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 4274, effective September 16,

2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 11

A.A.R. 2283, effective June 7, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 4106, effec-

tive January 5, 2008 (Supp. 07-4).