410 IAC 2-1-1 - Definitions
Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-19-3-5
Affected: IC 16-41
Sec. 1.
Definitions. Unless the provisions of the context otherwise require, the definitions herein contained shall govern the construction of these regulations [ 410 IAC 2-1 ].
(1) Tuberculosis Infection-Any person who
gives evidence of tuberculosis infection by means of a positive tuberculin
reaction or clinical findings or x-ray or bacteriological examination without
regard to development or activity of disease.
(2) Infectious State-A case of pulmonary
tuberculosis in which the chest x-ray interpretation, the laboratory findings,
the physical findings or any combination of these informative sources indicate
active disease, and in all cases of extrapulmonary form in which tubercle
bacilli are found in the discharge from the disease process.
(3) Suspect Case-Any person having a
pulmonary or other lesion that may, but is not yet proven to be, tuberculosis;
also, any person with symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis, with or without
x-ray shadows.
(4) Contact-An
individual who has been in intimate association with an infectious case of
tuberculosis in the home or equivalent.
(5) Associate-Any person in close association
with a tuberculin reactor, as differentiated from a person in close association
with a diagnosed case of tuberculosis.
(6) Diagnostic X-ray-This is interpreted as a
14" × 17" film.
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