Wash. Admin. Code § 246-490-010 - Definitions
(1) "Department" means
the department of health.
(2)
"Human research review board" is a standing institutional review board
operating under state law, chapter 42.48 RCW.
(3) "Confidential portion of the birth and
fetal death certificates" means pertinent information relative to the birth and
manner of delivery as specified in WAC
246-491-029.
(4) "Local registrar and their deputies" are
those local officials operating under the direction and control of the state
registrar. The health officer within each local health jurisdiction is the
local registrar in and for the primary registration district under his or her
supervision. His or her designees are deputy registrars.
(5) "Personal identifiers" are names,
addresses, Social Security numbers and any other information that reveals or
can likely be associated with the identity of the person or persons to whom the
record pertains.
(6) "Research"
means a planned and systematic sociological, psychological, epidemiological,
biomedical, or other scientific investigation with an objective to contribute
to scientific knowledge, the solution of social and health problems, or the
evaluation of public benefit, health care delivery or medical or social service
programs.
(7) "Scientific merit"
describes a research project or statistical study that is based on methods of
data collection or analysis that are objective, can be replicated, and are
designed to yield reliable and valid results.
(8) "State registrar" is the department of
health official charged with the execution of the provisions of
chapter
70.58 RCW.
(9) "Statistical study" means any project
consisting of or based on assembling, classifying, and/or tabulating numerical
data to present significant information about a given subject.
(10) "Vital records" means records of birth,
death, fetal death, marriage, dissolution, annulment, and legal separation,
maintained under the supervision of the state registrar of vital
statistics.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.58.104 and 70.58.082. 00-11-169, § 246-490-010, filed 5/24/00, effective 6/24/00.
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