215.511 Definitions of "active tuberculosis" and "isolates." - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 215.511 Definitions of "active tuberculosis" and "isolates." As used in KRS 215.520, 215.531, 215.540, 215.550, 215.560, 215.570, and 215.590:
(1) "Active tuberculosis" means tuberculosis disease as demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or radiographic evidence, and includes the condition of persons with
the disease who have not completed an adequate course of anti-tuberculosis
treatment; and (2) "Isolates" means a population of Mycobacterium tuberculosis observed in cultures obtained from clinical specimens of persons with active tuberculosis. Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.