The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Council shall appoint a Tribal Health Officer [“THO”] by resolution who will be authorized to use all tribally approved powers, policies, and procedures to prevent the spread of disease and to protect the health and safety of all community members.
The Tribal Health Officer shall inform health care providers of their requirements under this title.
The Tribal Health Officer shall, when necessary, conduct and/or delegate and direct investigations and institute disease control measures, including medical examination, testing, counseling, treatment, vaccination, cleaning of persons or animals, isolation, quarantine, vector control, condemnation of food supplies, and inspection and closure of facilities, consistent with the appropriate authoritative guidelines, or other measures they deem necessary based on their professional judgment, current standards of practice, and the best available medical and scientific information.
The Tribal Health Officer, with Tribal Council approval, may seek agreements as necessary with local governments, federal authorities, tribal organizations, private entities, state agencies, or institutions of higher education to coordinate or provide public health activities provided in this plan. The Tribal Health Officer shall establish, in consultation with Tribal Council, health care providers, health facilities, emergency management personnel, tribal law enforcement, and any other entity they deem necessary, plans, policies, and procedures for instituting emergency measures necessary to prevent the spread of communicable disease.
(Res. 20 A 139, 12/14/2020)
Every health care provider, as defined in this title, shall:
(a) 
Provide adequate, understandable instruction to each patient or client under their care who has a communicable disease on the necessary control measures and how to prevent the spread of the disease;
(b) 
Cooperate with the Tribal Health Officer and/or their designees during the investigation of a case or a suspected case or of an outbreak or suspected outbreak of illness;
(c) 
Comply with requirements in this title, including but not limited to, communicable disease screening and control and shall use protocols established by appropriate guidelines;
(d) 
Follow written tribal policy and procedures restricting work of employees, staff, students, and volunteers diagnosed to have a communicable disease from having direct contact with patients, clients, residents, and recipients of care during the period of communicability;
(e) 
Stay thoroughly informed about the health emergency;
(f) 
Follow County, State, and Federal guidelines if appropriate to tribal circumstances;
(g) 
Provide prompt consultation to the THO if requested;
(h) 
Work under the authority of the THO and within the boundaries of licensure and medical ethics.
(Res. 20 A 139, 12/14/2020)