Statutes, Regulations, and Reporting

Guidelines

• TB Reporting and Surveillance Guidelines
  • TB Reporting and Surveillance Guidelines (pdf)
• RCWs and WACs regarding TB screening, prevention and control
  • Washington State Tuberculosis Laws (pdf)
• List of all WACs & RCWs related to TB
  • Washington State Tuberculosis Law Manual for Health Officers (Docx)
    Guidance for health officers on state laws aimed at protecting the public from the spread of TB in Washington.
• Who May Administer, Read and Interpret a Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) in Washington State (PDF)

How to Report: List of Notifiable Conditions

• Notifiable Conditions Disease Reporting Forms for Washington State Department of Health
• Notifiable Conditions and the Health Care Providers and Facilities (pdf)
• Notifiable Conditions and the Laboratory (pdf)
• Notifiable Conditions and the Local Health Jurisdiction (pdf)

LTBI Reporting

• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department LTBI Reporting Form
  Civil Surgeons LTBI Reporting
• The Tuberculosis Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons requires reporting of patients who have Latent TB Infection (LTBI) to the patients’ county of residence.*
• The Civil Surgeons LTBI Reporting Form (docx) is only for patients meeting the following criteria: has a positive IGRA test (T-Spot, QFT-GIT, or QFT Plus) and has a normal chest x-ray/CT or an abnormal one not consistent with TB disease.

* King County Residents: Civil surgeon patients who are diagnosed with LTBI and reside in King County should be reported to Public Health Seattle & King County using this online survey.  For King County residents it is not necessary to also fax the above Civil Surgeons LTBI Reporting Form.