KRS 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 dise ase 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.