§ 23-07.1-01.1 — Definitions

North Dakota § 23-07.1-01.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-07.1: Tuberculosis Treatment

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As used in this chapter:
1. "Appropriate facility" includes a licensed hospital, a public or private outpatient clinic, a
long-term care facility, a correctional facility, or an individual's home, and may also
include directly observed therapy under the supervision of the department.
2. "Department" means the department of health and human services, including local
public health units.
3. "Infectious tuberculosis" means tuberculosis disease in any part of the body, capable
of producing infection or disease in others as demonstrated by laboratory evidence of
tuberculosis bacteria in a specimen from any source in an individual's body or by
radiographic or clinical findings.
4. "Medically approved course of treatment" means ongoing monitoring for a disease,
treatment regimen, or therapy prescribed by a licensed physician and approved by the
department.
5. "Noninfectious tuberculosis" or "latent TB infection" means the presence of
tuberculosis bacteria in the body of an individual as evidenced by testing, such as
significant reaction to a tuberculin skin test or a positive interferon gamma release
assay, but without any other clinical findings of illness and without the capability of
producing infection or disease in others.
6. "Substantial threat to the public health" means an individual with infectious or suspect
tuberculosis who has not completed a medically approved course of therapy and does
not adhere or threatens to not adhere to a recommended treatment regimen or does
not adhere or threatens to not adhere to infection control measures.
7. "Suspect tuberculosis" means an illness marked by symptoms and laboratory tests
that may be indicative of tuberculosis, such as a prolonged cough, prolonged fever,
hemoptysis, compatible roentgenographic findings, or other appropriate medical
imaging findings.
8. "Tuberculosis" includes infectious tuberculosis, suspect tuberculosis, noninfectious
tuberculosis, and any other case in which an individual is found to have tuberculosis
based upon laboratory testing, clinical evidence, or as diagnosed by a physician, the
department, or a local health officer.