Dear colleague,

We are writing to update you about the proposed revisions to

 

Washington ’s notifiable conditions rule, Chapter 246-101 WAC. 

 

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking package

 

(1020155notifiablesboh102final.pdf, avail. as sub-menu item,

 

above, for download) has been filed with the Office of the Code

 

Reviser and represents the formal rule revision proposal.  We

 

thank those of you who contributed feedback during preliminary

 

development stages.  We carefully considered your comments

 

in finalizing this proposal.  We are now soliciting your

 

comments on this formal proposal to take to the Board of

 

Health on November 10, 2010 for public hearing. 

 

Please submit your comments by COB Friday, Nov 4, 2010

 

at the Department of Health policy review website:

 

http://www3.doh.wa.gov/policyreview/

 

To submit comments, scroll down to the Document Title

 

“Chapter 246-101 WAC (SBOH) relating to reporting of

 

communicable diseases and animal bites excludes AIDS

 

and HIV” and click the “Add Comment” link in the 4^th column.

 

Many thanks for your contribution to this important work.

 

 

Tony Marfin and Diana Yu

 

Co-Chairs of the ad hoc advisory panel

 

Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH, MA

 State Epidemiologist, Communicable Diseases

 Washington Department of Health

Shoreline, Washington

 

Diana T. Yu, MD, MSPH

Health Officer, Thurston, and Mason Counties

Local Health Officer representative to the

Washington State Board of Health

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